big mouth
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4.8
- noun
- /bɪɡ maʊθ/
- Offensive
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bocazas
- It's best not to share any secrets around her; she has a big mouth.
- shut your big mouth
- keep your big mouth shut
- have a big mouth
You talk too much big mouth Houdini.
- You talk too much big mouth Houdini.
- First is how you look, second is when you open your big mouth.
- I did what he said, but I had to learn diplomacy because I had a big mouth.
- And a lot of us have, let's say got a big mouth.
- Every lifetime I've been a fat, old, nosy Jewish woman that is always in trouble with her big mouth.
- And here I am on Joe Rogan shooting my big mouth off, you know, innocently blabbing away.
- I had a fantastic reputation and then I got a bad client that didn't understand how the world worked and made my brand shit with their big mouth and their lies.
- My big mouth, my big mouth.
- But after big mouth niggas started giving me my respect after I signed with LA Reid.
Examples
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I got a big platform and a big mouth, and I am not letting this go away.
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He always gets into trouble because he has such a big mouth.
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You got a real big mouth on you, you know that?
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You let me go, and in return, I keep my big mouth shut about your little operation here.
Fiction book (1999) -
Do you want the boys to lose the game thanks to your big mouth?
Fiction book (1994) -
I have a big mouth, Sergeant.
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I've got a real big mouth.
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The last thing I need is someone on my side with a big mouth, Sandra.
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Why hadn't he kept his big mouth shut about going home?
Fiction book (1999) -
Thank goodness he hadn't opened his big mouth and put his foot in it.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
69
2.1
A person who speaks a lot, often in public
41
2.2
A person who likes to talk about others' private lives and share rumors
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6.7
A person who talks too much, often loudly, and reveals private things
10
7.5
A person who talks too much and tells other people's secrets
2
5.7
A person who talks too much or cannot keep secrets
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2.8
A person who often talks about other people's private lives and spreads rumors
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7.7
A person who talks too much and tells secrets
1
7.7
A person who says things suddenly without thinking
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8.1
A person who tells secrets about other people
A person who tells other people's secrets and spreads rumors
A person who talks too much and tells other people's secrets
A person who talks loudly and foolishly to get attention
How Talkative
Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal words 'big' and 'mouth' suggest a prominent mouth and thus give a plausible cue to talkativeness, so a learner who knows both constituents could infer the sense 'talks a lot'. However the meaning arises via a metaphorical/metonymic shift (not a literal large mouth) and includes the idiomatic nuance of revealing secrets, so the exact sense is not fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
The noun big mouth creates an image of someone with a very big mouth that lets words fall out. So it means 'a person who talks too much or reveals secrets'.