motormouth

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See also: motor mouth and motor-mouth

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Etymology

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From motor +‎ mouth, from the figurative notion that the mouth talks so much that it seems motorized.

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Noun

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motormouth (plural motormouths)

  1. (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.
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Verb

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motormouth (third-person singular simple present motormouths, present participle motormouthing, simple past and past participle motormouthed)

  1. (intransitive, informal) To talk very fast or incessantly.

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