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chatterbox

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chat·ter·box  (chtr-bks)
n.
An extremely talkative person.

chatterbox [ˈtʃætəˌbɒks]
n
Informal a person who talks constantly, esp about trivial matters
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Noun1.chatterbox - orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leafchatterbox - orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
Epipactis, genus Epipactis - genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers
helleborine - any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis
2.chatterbox - an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talkerchatterbox - an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"

chatterbox (Informal)
noun chatterer, gossip, babbler, prattler, natterer, blather, blether (Scot.) My five-year-old daughter's a real little chatterbox.
Translations
chatterbox [ˈtʃætəbɒks] chatterer [ˈtʃætərəʳ] Ncharlatán/ana m/f, parlanchín/ina m/f, platicón/ona m/f (Mex)
chatterbox [ˈtʃætərbɒks] nmoulin m à paroles, babillard(e) m/f
chattering classes [ˌtʃætərɪŋˈklɑːsɪz] npl (pejorative) the chattering classes → les intellos mpl
chatterbox
nQuasselstrippe f (inf)
chatterbox [ˈtʃætəˌbɒks] n (fam) → chiacchierone/a


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"Dear me; what a chatterbox you're getting to be, Unc," remarked the Magician, who was pleased with the compliment.
Nay, nay, Sancho friend, keep clear, oh, keep clear of these stumbling-blocks; for he who falls into the way of being a chatterbox and droll, drops into a wretched buffoon the first time he trips; bridle thy tongue, consider and weigh thy words before they escape thy mouth, and bear in mind we are now in quarters whence, by God's help, and the strength of my arm, we shall come forth mightily advanced in fame and fortune.
He found this easy, since she turned out to be an agreeable chatterbox with an amusing tongue.
 
 
 
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