motormouth
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See also: motor mouth and motor-mouth
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
motor + mouth, from the figurative notion that the mouth talks so much that it seems motorized.
Noun[edit]
motormouth (plural motormouths)
- (informal) One who talks very fast or incessantly; a chatty or loquacious person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:chatterbox
- Coordinate terms: bigmouth, loudmouth
- He's such a motormouth that I can never get a word in.
- 2014 October 11, Simon Hattenstone, “Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Blimey, Brand is checking a word with me. This is nothing like the motor-mouth on the telly, laughing in the face of everything.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
one who talks very fast or incessantly
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Verb[edit]
motormouth (third-person singular simple present motormouths, present participle motormouthing, simple past and past participle motormouthed)
- (intransitive, informal) To talk very fast or incessantly.