mouthing

Mouth \Mouth\ (mou[th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mouthed}
   (mou[th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Mouthing}.]
   1. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth
      or teeth; to chew; to devour. --Dryden.
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   2. To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak
      in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner; as, mouthing
      platitudes. "Mouthing big phrases." --Hare.
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            Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes.  --Tennyson.
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   3. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her
      cub. --Sir T. Browne.
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   4. To make mouths at. [R.] --R. Blair.
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44 Moby Thesaurus words for "mouthing":
      Pecksniffery, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, cant, drone, droning,
      empty gesture, face, false piety, gabble, gibber, gibbering,
      grimace, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, jabber, jibber, lip service,
      maundering, mealymouthedness, moue, mouth, mow, mug, mumble,
      mumbling, mummery, murmuring, mutter, muttering, oiliness,
      ostentatious devotion, pharisaism, religiosity, sanctimoniousness,
      sanctimony, snuffling, soft soap, susurration, sweet talk,
      tokenism, unctuousness, whisper, whispering