magpie
2
8.9
- noun
- /ˈmæɡˌpaɪ/
- Offensive
:
parlanchín (despectivo)
- The fellow followed along after him, chattering like a magpie.
- chatter like a magpie
Examples
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Then she started chattering away like a magpie; all the words Lily had said to her seemed to pop back out like magic.
Fiction book (1993) -
Scarlett was so tired she was practically stumbling, but she was chattering like a magpie, too exhilarated to accept the peaceful silence of the sleeping city.
Fiction book (1991) -
It's like a magpie convention in here.
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Yamming away like an old magpie.
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Babe is a regular magpie, isn't she?
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Annette, I'd be very happy to chatter like a magpie if I could think of a single word to say.
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"Oh Annabelle, something tells me that you will not be a gracious loser." For the short time that it took to drive to Piccadilly, Annabelle chattered like a magpie, carefully avoiding the distressing subject of Lord Dalmar.
Fiction book (1990) -
At the party, Sarah spoke so much that everyone called her a magpie.
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Tom often annoys his friends by being a magpie who talks endlessly about trivial matters.
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When she starts telling stories, it's like she becomes a magpie, never pausing for breath.
Synonyms
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
9
4.2
A person who talks a lot and often does not stop
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
1
9.8
A person who talks a lot in a boring or annoying way
1
7.9
A person who talks a lot in a loud, annoying way
1
9.9
A person, often a woman, who talks a lot and cannot pay attention
1
8.2
A person who talks too much in an annoying way
1
5.5
A person who talks a lot and often annoys others
1
8.2
A person who talks a lot about unimportant things
A person who talks a lot and says silly or meaningless things
A person who talks nonsense and babbles
A person who talks quickly about unimportant things
A person who talks a lot in a silly, not important way
A person who talks too much about small things and bores others
A person who talks loudly and foolishly to get attention
A person who talks a lot, often in a funny way
A person who talks nonsense instead of saying useful things
Idioms
Compounds
A black and white bird with a long tail that lives in the western mountains of North America
- Australian
A large black and white bird from Australia that sings a beautiful, musical song
How Talkative
- Offensive
10
7.5
- Offensive
2
8.9
- Informal
9
4.2
33
2.5
397
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
magpie = Mag + pie (opaque) = mag + pie
This sense is a conventional metaphorical extension from the bird, so the component parts do not directly predict 'a talkative person'.
Etymology
Magpie as a name for a person comes from the noisy bird that 'chatters' a lot. So calling someone a magpie means they talk too much or in a silly, annoying way.