chatterbox — ozdic

Definitions

noun

1

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.

2

Synonym of cootie catcher (“children's fortune-telling device”).

3

Synonym of chatterbot.

4

The orchid Epipactis gigantea.

Collocations

5

ADJ.

brief, doughty, proper, real

VERB + CHATTERBOX

break, calling, flesh

CHATTERBOX + NOUN

', husband, ohio

PREP.

from, in, whereas

ADV.

such

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

[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 Sou

Wiktionary

02

Sven was so verbose that his friends resorted to calling him a chatterbox.

Tatoeba · #1939

03

She is a chatterbox.

Tatoeba · #313555

04

She is, in brief, a chatterbox.

Tatoeba · #317342

05

That boy is a chatterbox.

Tatoeba · #2267805

06

Tom is a chatterbox.

Tatoeba · #6985070

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, chatterbox is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.