chatterbox
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈtʃætərˌbɑks/
- Informal
:
charlatán
- That's why I'm such a chatterbox.
- a little chatterbox
- a real chatterbox
- a regular chatterbox
Examples
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Young man, nobody likes a chatterbox.
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She's just a little chatterbox.
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Before you left, she was a real little chatterbox.
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But back then, I was quite the chatterbox.
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- Boy, she was a chatterbox.
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The little guy was very cute and a funny little chatterbox.
Blog text (12) -
Truth be told, I'm quite the little chatterbox myself.
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All right, fine, I know I am a chatterbox; I'll do the talking for both of us," she laughed.
Fiction book (1997) -
Remember, she didn't hold conversations at all, and by the end of fifth grade, she was a little chatterbox.
Academic text (2012) -
As a child, Jamie was known as a chatterbox who would never stop talking about her adventures.
Synonyms
69
2.1
A person who speaks a lot, often in public
21
6.7
A person who talks too much, often loudly, and reveals private things
13
6.8
A person who talks a lot about unimportant things and bores other people
10
7.5
A person who talks too much and tells other people's secrets
6
9.8
A person who talks for a long time about unimportant things in a boring way
4
7.9
A person who talks a lot about unimportant things
3
8.4
A person who talks quickly and too much, annoying others
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8.9
A person who talks too much in a silly or annoying way
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9.8
A person who talks a lot in a boring or annoying way
1
9.9
A person, often a woman, who talks a lot and cannot pay attention
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7.9
A person who talks a lot in a loud, annoying way
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5.5
A person who talks a lot and often annoys others
1
8.2
A person who talks too much in an annoying way
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9.9
A person who talks a lot about small, unimportant things
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8.2
A person who talks a lot about unimportant things
A child who talks a lot and is often noisy
A person who talks a lot in a silly, not important way
A person who talks quickly about unimportant things
A person who talks too much about small things and bores others
A person who talks a lot and says silly or meaningless things
A person who talks loudly and foolishly to get attention
A person who speaks too much and stops other people from speaking
A person who talks a lot, often in a funny way
A person who talks too much and tells other people's secrets
How Talkative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chatterbox comes from chatter, which means 'quick, repeated talk' like birds, and box, which means 'a container'. So imagine a 'box' full of talk, and you have someone who talks a lot.