as in chatterer
a person who talks constantly
my seat companion was a chatterbox who never once stopped talking
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Recent Examples of chatterbox
The dude has the energy turned up to 11 and is a total chatterbox.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
First, Dillon’s competitors in the White House, the academic economists led by Walter Heller at the Council of Economic Advisers, became chatterboxes, as Dillon went on to other pursuits.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Girls may, for example, struggle with time management, daydreaming or being a chatterbox and are more likely to be diagnosed with the primarily inattentive type of ADHD over the hyperactive type.
—Daliah Singer, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2025
The heart of the show was Berg’s performance as the redoubtable Molly, a meddler and a chatterbox but also the show’s moral heroine, a problem solver energized by the troubles of others.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
First, Dillon’s competitors in the White House, the academic economists led by Walter Heller at the Council of Economic Advisers, became chatterboxes, as Dillon went on to other pursuits.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Girls may, for example, struggle with time management, daydreaming or being a chatterbox and are more likely to be diagnosed with the primarily inattentive type of ADHD over the hyperactive type.
—Daliah Singer, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2025
The heart of the show was Berg’s performance as the redoubtable Molly, a meddler and a chatterbox but also the show’s moral heroine, a problem solver energized by the troubles of others.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatterbox
magpie
Noun
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My creativity delights in currawong calls, and the ululation of magpies, warblers and kookaburras.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Only the magpies know who caused this mess.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2025
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“Chatterbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatterbox. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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