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talkaholic

talkaholic adjective: of, pertaining to, or characterized by incessant talking.

Adjective

talkaholic (comparative more talkaholic, superlative most talkaholic)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by incessant talking.
    • Mr. Prince, though only in his late 20's at the time, has a haggard look, dark-ringed eyes and a nervous, frenetic manner. . . . With talkaholic flair, he describes injecting adrenaline into a companion who has overdosed, shooting a thief during a gas station holdup, and crying so noisily during a...1990 January 12, Janet Maslin, “Movie Review: American Boy (1978)”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 Jan 2014
    • The mobile phone revolution has reached its logical target: the dial-obsessed, digit-happy, talkaholic teenage market.1995 July 12, Decca Aitkenhead, “One minute, sir, my mobile's ringing”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 29 Jan 2014

Noun

talkaholic (plural talkaholics)

  1. An incessant talker.
    • If you are a Talkaholic, you throw out words as you would darts to keep people away from you.1984, "Are you a Talkaholic?", New Woman, vol. 14, issues 1-6, p. 194 (Google snippet view)
    • No words were spoken for a long time. This was plainly killing Kerra who was a talk-aholic.2009, W. Shane Wilson, Enter the Guardians: Kyl, →ISBN, page 34
    Synonyms:
    motormouth

Synonyms of talkaholic

Forms of talkaholic

Adjective
comparativemore talkaholic
superlativemost talkaholic
alternative formtalk-aholic
Noun
pluraltalkaholics

Origin of talkaholic

From talk + -aholic.

Questions about talkaholic

What does talkaholic mean?
Talkaholic means of, pertaining to, or characterized by incessant talking.
What part of speech is talkaholic?
Talkaholic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near talkaholic in the dictionary

  1. talk-page
  2. talk-pages
  3. talk-radio
  4. talkability
  5. talkable
  6. talkaholic
  7. talkaholics
  8. talkaholism
  9. talkalike
  10. talkathon
  11. talkathons

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