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loose-tongued

loose-tongued adjective: garrulous, gossipy.

Adjective

loose-tongued (comparative more loose-tongued, superlative most loose-tongued)

  1. (informal) Garrulous, gossipy.

Forms of loose-tongued

comparativemore loose-tongued
superlativemost loose-tongued

Origin of loose-tongued

From loose + tongue + -ed.

Questions about loose-tongued

What does loose-tongued mean?
Loose-tongued means garrulous, gossipy.
What part of speech is loose-tongued?
Loose-tongued is an adjective.

Words near loose-tongued in the dictionary

  1. loose-knit
  2. loose-leaf
  3. loose-lipped
  4. loose-meat sandwich
  5. loose-meat sandwiches
  6. loose-tongued
  7. loose-toothed
  8. loosebox
  9. looseboxes
  10. loosed
  11. loosed off

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