blabbermouth

[ blab-er-mouth ]
/ ˈblæb ərˌmaʊθ /
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noun, plural blab·ber·mouths [blab-er-mouthz, -mouths] /ˈblæb ərˌmaʊðz, -ˌmaʊθs/.

a person who talks too much, especially indiscreetly.

Origin of blabbermouth

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; blabber + mouth

Words nearby blabbermouth

bl, bl lac object, bl., blab, blabber, blabbermouth, black, black acacia, black alder, black and blue, black and tan

Words related to blabbermouth

chatterbox, gossipmonger, windbag, squealer, gossiper, blowhard, tattletale, blabber, loudmouth, gasbag, chatterer, jabberer, babbler, bigmouth, gabber, motor-mouth, yapper

Example sentences from the Web for blabbermouth

  • Why, then, does she bother to lecture a blabbermouth like Jaimee Grubbs or any of Tiger's other mercenary mistresses?

    Call Girls Out-Class Mistresses |Tracy Quan |December 6, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

  • Silence that blabbermouth; he does not know what he is talking about.

    The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 2 (of 6) |Hippolyte A. Taine

  • "I thought you'd managed to get that blabbermouth transposed to PolTerm," Zostha said.

    Time Crime |H. Beam Piper

  • Pelton muttered: "Why Frank sponsors that blabbermouth of a Mongery—"

    Null-ABC |Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire

British Dictionary definitions for blabbermouth

blabbermouth
/ (ˈblæbəˌmaʊθ) /

noun

informal a person who talks too much or indiscreetly