chatterbox

[ chat-er-boks ]
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noun
  1. an excessively talkative person.

Origin of chatterbox

1
First recorded in 1765–75; i.e., person whose voice box chatters constantly

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How to use chatterbox in a sentence

  • Probably the neighborhood of Mrs. Thornburgh was enough to make the veriest chatterbox secretive.

    Robert Elsmere | Mrs. Humphry Ward

British Dictionary definitions for chatterbox

chatterbox

/ (ˈtʃætəˌbɒks) /


noun
  1. informal a person who talks constantly, esp about trivial matters

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