chatterbox

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chatterbox

/ˈtʃæ.tə(ɹ)ˌbɒks/

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From chatter + box.

noun chatterboxes

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

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noun one who chats or talks to excess

Español	loro, lora, charlatán, cotorra, parlanchín
日本語	おしゃべり oshaberi
中文	話匣子 /话匣子 huàxiázi, 喋喋不休者 diédiébùxiū-zhě, 話癆 /话痨 huàláo
Português	tagarela, falador, gralha, grafonola, falastrão, boquirroto
Français	moulin à paroles
Deutsch	Dampfplauderer, Plaudertasche, Quasselstrippe, Schwätzer, Schwätzerin, Labermaul
Italiano	chiacchierone, ciancione, linguacciuto
Ελληνικά	πολυλογάς polylogás, φαφλατάς faflatás
Русский	болту́н boltún, болту́нья boltúnʹja, болту́шка boltúška, лопоту́н lopotún, лопоту́ха lopotúxa, лопоту́нья lopotúnʹja
العربية	ثَرْثَار ṯarṯār

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@misc{chatterbox_2026,
  title = {chatterbox},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chatterbox},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}