motormouth

noun

mo·​tor·​mouth ˈmō-tər-ˌmau̇th How to pronounce motormouth (audio)
: a person who talks excessively
motormouthed adjective

Examples of motormouth in a Sentence

I had to listen to the motormouth's cell phone conversations for the entire commute.
Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Affleck’s Coby is a Grade-A motormouth, unable to stop himself from lobbing insults and wisecracks. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024 Bruce Willis strutted onto the scene in 1985 as an aggressively charming, motormouth private detective who could talk his way into and out of any scrape presented. Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024 The madcap champion of motormouth comedies seemingly veers weirdly off-course in dramatizing the career of the mid-nineteenth-century dentist named William Morton (played by the gruffly folksy Joel McCrea), who, despite opposition from doctors, pioneered the use of ether as an anesthetic. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024 That seems like a surefire recipe for mistreatment, which Leo turns to his advantage by opening his big mouth and talking to the first girl who raises her hand, motormouth Summer (Sunny Sandler). Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023 For fellow faculty member Naomi, played by Vanessa Hudgens in delightfully rude motormouth mode, Hugo’s is the center of the Owl universe. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023 As in previous years, performers, presenters and winners alike had to battle the nonstop din of the blaring motormouths who blathered throughout. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023 This was a small motormouth Italian man with a slight paunch, charming to his core, decked out with rings, and sporting an unruly mop of kinky hair. Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2023 Why should propriety keep his motormouth stuck in first gear? James Poniewozik, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of motormouth was in 1955

Dictionary Entries Near motormouth

Cite this Entry

“Motormouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motormouth. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!