blabbermouth

English

Etymology

From blabber +‎ mouth.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈblæb.ə(ɹ)ˌmaʊθ/

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Noun

blabbermouth (plural blabbermouths)

1. (informal, derogatory) A gossip.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gossiper

   If it weren't for that blabbermouth Sally, the principal would never have known we did it.

2. (informal, derogatory) A person who talks excessively.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:chatterbox

3. (aviation) A kind of foam-dispensing nozzle used in firefighting at airports.
   • 1964, Civic Administration, volume 16, page 9:

     Two handlines are capable of 240 gpm and an undertruck "blabbermouth" nozzle can sweep the ground ahead at 240 gpm.

   • 1972, ICAO Bulletin, volume 27, page x:

     The monitor is fitted with a blabbermouth (variable nozzle) to enable jet-spray patterns to be obtained at will.

   • 1983, David F. Rider, Jane's Airport Equipment, page 210:

     A manually operated monitor is provided complete with blabbermouth to deliver foam solution at a rate of 2(KX) lures a minute at 10-5 bar, to a maximum jet range of 46 metres […]

Translations

gossip

• Catalan: bocamoll (ca) m
• Finnish: hölösuu (fi)
• Macedonian: озбо́рувач m (ozbóruvač), озбору́вачка f (ozborúvačka), тра́чар m (tráčar), тра́чарка f (tráčarka)
• Māori: ngutu pī, komarero
• Plautdietsch: Plaupamauz m
• Russian: болту́н (ru) m (boltún), болту́нья (ru) f (boltúnʹja), спле́тник (ru) m (splétnik), спле́тница (ru) f (splétnica), трепло́ (ru) n (trepló) (disparaging)
• Spanish: bocazas (es) m
• Swedish: skvallerbytta (sv) c

chatterbox — see chatterbox

See also

• babblemouth