Chatterbox

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

Españolcharlatán cotorra loraloro parlanchín

Françaismoulin à paroles

DeutschDampfplauderer Labermaul LabertaschePlaudertasche Quasselstrippe Schnacker Schwätzer Schwätzerin

28 more languages

العربيةالثّرثار ثرثار

Българскибъбрица

Bosanskiblebetuša kečka kreketušaблебетуша крекетуша

Catalàxerraire

Češtinabrepta kecal keckamluvka řvoun tlachal

Ελληνικάαερολόγος αιθερολόγος κλώσσαπολυλογάς πολυλογού φαφλατάς φαφλατού

Esperantobabilemulo

Suomihölösuu lörpöttelijä lörppö

Gaeilgecabaire

Hrvatskiblebetuša kečka kreketušaблебетуша крекетуша

Magyarszélkelep

Italianochiacchierone ciancione linguacciuto

日本語おしゃべり

Қазақ тілісумақай

Latinalingulāca

Latviešupļāpa

Te Reo Māorikohe

Македонскиалапача брборко дрдоркокречетало

Nederlandskletskous

Polskiblekotnik gaduła klekotkakumoszka papla pytel terkotka trajkotka turkawka

Portuguêsboquirroto falador falastrãografonola gralha linguarudo tagarela

Русскийболтун болтунья болтушкалопоту́н лопоту́нья лопоту́ха

Српскиblebetuša kečka kreketušaблебетуша крекетуша

Svenskapratkvarn pratmakare

Türkçeboşboğaz geveze lafazan

Українськабалакун балакуха брязкало

Tiếng Việtbà 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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See also

Chattered Chatterer Chatterers Chattering chattering classes chattering damsel

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