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Meaning of Chatterbox | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈtʃæ.tə(ɹ)ˌbɒks

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية الثّرثار ثرثار
Български бъбрица
Català xerraire
Čeština brepta kecal kecka mluvka řvoun tlachal
Esperanto babilemulo
Español charlatán cotorra lora loro parlanchín
Français moulin à paroles
Gaeilge cabaire
Magyar szélkelep
日本語 おしゃべり
Қазақша сумақай
Latina lingulāca
Latviešu pļāpa
Te Reo Māori kohe
Nederlands kletskous
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

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