motormouth
noun, verb
Forms motormouths motormouthing motormouthed motor mouth motor-mouth
- noun (informal) One who talks very quickly or incessantly; a chatty or loquacious person. “He's such a motormouth that I can never get a word in.”
- verb (intransitive, informal) To talk very quickly or incessantly.
Synonyms
airbag babblemouth babbler bag of wind blab blabberer blatherer blabbermouth blatherskite bloviator chatterbag chatter-basket chatterbox chatterer Chatty Cathy chewet gabbler gasbag jabberer jangler
Etymology
From motor + mouth, from the figurative notion that the mouth moves so much that it seems motorized.
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