motormouth
motormouth noun: one who talks very quickly or incessantly; a chatty or loquacious person.
Noun
motormouth (plural motormouths)
- One who talks very quickly or incessantly; a chatty or loquacious person.
- He's such a motormouth that I can never get a word in.
- Blimey, Brand is checking a word with me. This is nothing like the motor-mouth on the telly, laughing in the face of everything.2014 October 11, Simon Hattenstone, “Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- airbag, babblemouth, babbler, bag of wind, blab, blabberer, blatherer, blabbermouth, blatherskite, bloviator
Verb
motormouth (third-person singular simple present motormouths, present participle motormouthing, simple past and past participle motormouthed)
- To talk very quickly or incessantly.
Synonyms of motormouth
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Forms of motormouth
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | motormouths |
| alternative form | motor mouth |
| alternative form | motor-mouth |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | motormouths |
| present participle | motormouthing |
| past participle | motormouthed |
| past | motormouthed |
Origin of motormouth
From motor + mouth, from the figurative notion that the mouth moves so much that it seems motorized.
Questions about motormouth
- What does motormouth mean?
- Motormouth means one who talks very quickly or incessantly; a chatty or loquacious person.
- What part of speech is motormouth?
- Motormouth can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of motormouth?
- The plural of motormouth is motormouths.
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