chatterbox
noun/ˈtʃæ.tə(ɹ)ˌbɒks/
Etymology From chatter + box.
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Informal One who chats or talks to excess.
- [S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.2014 November 14, Blake Bailey, “'Tennessee Williams,' by John Lahr [print version: Theatrical victory of art over life, International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 13]”, in The New York Times:
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Synonym of cootie catcher (“children's fortune-telling device”).
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Synonym of chatterbot.
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The orchid Epipactis gigantea.
- Synonyms
31 terms
babbler, jabberer, chatterer, yakker, airbag, babblemouth, bag of wind, blab, blabberer, blatherer, blabbermouth, blatherskite, bloviator, chatterbag, chatter-basket, chatterbox, Chatty Cathy, chewet, gabbler, gasbag, jangler, Mag, motormouth, patterer, prater, prattler, rattle, tongue-pad, twaddler, windbag, yapper- Hypernyms
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- Hyponyms
- driveler, expatiator, gossiper, jay, magpie, ranter, rattlehead, sermonizer