chatterbox

English

Etymology

From chatter +‎ box.

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

chatterbox (plural chatterboxes)

(informal) One who chats or talks to excess.
- 2014 November 14, Blake Bailey, “'Tennessee Williams,' by John Lahr [print version: Theatrical victory of art over life, International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 13]”, in The New York Times‎:
  [S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.
A cootie catcher (children's fortune-telling device).
(computing) Synonym of chatterbot

Synonyms

(one who chats to excess): babbler, jabberer, chatterer, yakker; see also Thesaurus:chatterbox

Translations

one who chats or talks to excess

Arabic: ثَرْثَار (ar) (ṯarṯār)
Belarusian: лапату́н m (lapatún), лапату́ха f (lapatúxa), лапату́шка f (lapatúška), ласкату́н m (laskatún), ласкату́ха f (laskatúxa), ласкату́шка f (laskatúška)
Bulgarian: бъбри́ца (bg) m or f (bǎbríca), кречета́ло (bg) n (krečetálo)
Catalan: xerraire (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 話匣子／话匣子 (zh) (huàxiázi), 喋喋不休者 (diédiébùxiū-zhě), 話癆／话痨 (zh) (huàláo)
Czech: kecal (cs)
Danish: sladretaske c, sludrechatol n
Dutch: kletskous (nl) m or f
Esperanto: babilemulo
Finnish: lörppö (fi), lörpöttelijä (fi), hölösuu (fi)
French: moulin à paroles (fr) m
Galician: charlatán m
German: Dampfplauderer (de) m, Plaudertasche (de) f, Quasselstrippe (de) f, Schwätzer (de) m, Schwätzerin (de) f
Alemannic German: Chlepfe f
Greek: πολυλογάς (el) m (polylogás), φαφλατάς (el) m (faflatás)
Ancient: στώμυλμα n (stṓmulma)
Hungarian: locsi-fecsi (hu), szélkelep (hu)
Irish: cabaire m
Italian: chiacchierone (it) m, ciancione m, linguacciuto (it) m
Japanese: おしゃべり (ja) (oshaberi)
Kazakh: сумақай (sumaqai)
Latin: lingulāca f
Latvian: pļāpa
Macedonian: кречетало (krečetalo), брборко (brborko), алапача f (alapača)
Maori: kohe, komarero, pane kākā, ngutu kotete
Norman: bailleux d'goule m, caqu'teux m
Occitan: barjacaire, charraire
Plautdietsch: Plaupamul m
Polish: gaduła (pl)
Portuguese: tagarela (pt) m or f, falador (pt) m, gralha (pt) f
Russian: болту́н (ru) m (boltún), болту́нья (ru) f (boltúnʹja), болту́шка (ru) f (boltúška), лопоту́н (ru) m (lopotún), лопоту́ха (ru) f (lopotúxa), лопоту́нья (ru) f (lopotúnʹja)
Spanish: loro (es) m, lora f, charlatán (es) m, cotorra (es) f
Tangut: 𗀁𗢯 (*sa lhjwa¹)
Turkish: geveze (tr), (Konya) şapır
Ukrainian: балаку́н (uk) m (balakún), балаку́ха (uk) f (balakúxa), лепету́н m (lepetún), лепету́ха f (lepetúxa)
Walloon: tchafiåd (wa) m, tchafete (wa) f (man and woman), berdeleu (wa) m, Mareye-tarame (wa) f (man and woman)

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