English

Noun

chatterbox ‎(plural chatterboxes)

1. (informal) One who chats or talks to excess.
   • 2014 November 14, Blake Bailey, “'Tennessee Williams,' by John Lahr [print version: Theatrical victory of art over life, International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 13]”, in The New York Times:

     [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. A cootie catcher.

Synonyms

• babbler, jabberer, chatterer, yakker; see also Wikisaurus:chatterbox

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