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Meaning of Chatterbox | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈtʃæ.tə(ɹ)ˌbɒks

Definitions

One who chats or talks to excess.
informal
Synonym of cootie catcher (“children's fortune-telling device”).
Synonym of chatterbot.
The orchid Epipactis gigantea.

Equivalents

العربية الثّرثار ثرثار

Български бъбрица

Bosanski blebetuša kečka kreketuša блебетуша крекетуша

Català xerraire

Čeština brepta kecal kecka mluvka řvoun tlachal

Deutsch Dampfplauderer Labermaul Labertasche Plaudertasche Quasselstrippe Schnacker Schwätzer Schwätzerin

Ελληνικά αερολόγος αιθερολόγος κλώσσα πολυλογάς πολυλογού φαφλατάς φαφλατού

Esperanto babilemulo

Español charlatán cotorra lora loro parlanchín

Suomi hölösuu lörpöttelijä lörppö

Français moulin à paroles

Gaeilge cabaire

Galego tarabela

Hrvatski blebetuša kečka kreketuša блебетуша крекетуша

Magyar szélkelep

Italiano chiacchierone ciancione linguacciuto

日本語おしゃべり

Қазақша сумақай

Latina lingulāca

Latviešu pļāpa

Te Reo Māori kohe

Македонски алапача брборко дрдорко кречетало

Nederlands kletskous

Polski blekotnik gaduła klekotka kumoszka papla pytel terkotka trajkotka turkawka

Português boquirroto falador falastrão grafonola gralha linguarudo tagarela

Русский болтун болтунья болтушка лопоту́н лопоту́нья лопоту́ха

Српски blebetuša kečka kreketuša блебетуша крекетуша

Svenska pratkvarn pratmakare

Türkçe boşboğaz geveze lafazan

Українська балакун балакуха брязкало

Tiếng Việt bà tám

Examples

“[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.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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