as in chatterer
a person who talks constantly
I had to listen to the motormouth's cell phone conversations for the entire commute
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Recent Examples of motormouth
But Fears’ motormouth is also his motor and Izzo is the last person to hem any of it in.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
From his first moments onscreen in a performance of Duracell Bunny physicality and motormouth pushiness, Chalamet conveys the sense of a shameless young man willing himself toward greatness with a combination of chutzpah, amorality and unshakeable self-belief.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 1 Dec. 2025
Ari is a rich kid from New York, who is an impulsive motormouth desperate for Sam’s affection.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
There’s a touch of that about this summer’s weirdest beef, albeit with a much grimmer undertone: Alt-right motormouth Candace Owens versus French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 July 2025
Momoa is currently filming his role in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Lobo, a hardcore, motorcycle jacket-sporting motormouth who serves as a galactic bounty hunter with dreadlocks.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Each of the eight actors does a fine job with that, from Monette Magrath and Peter Christian Hansen as our newlywed hosts to Greg Cuellar as a flamboyant motormouth to Mo Perry’s take on a stuffy defender of conventional class differences.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2025
And the resurrection of Carrey as his old plastic, spastic, motormouth self is the key to these movies’ overall effect.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Julia was a relentless motormouth.
—Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
From his first moments onscreen in a performance of Duracell Bunny physicality and motormouth pushiness, Chalamet conveys the sense of a shameless young man willing himself toward greatness with a combination of chutzpah, amorality and unshakeable self-belief.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 1 Dec. 2025
Ari is a rich kid from New York, who is an impulsive motormouth desperate for Sam’s affection.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
There’s a touch of that about this summer’s weirdest beef, albeit with a much grimmer undertone: Alt-right motormouth Candace Owens versus French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 July 2025
Momoa is currently filming his role in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Lobo, a hardcore, motorcycle jacket-sporting motormouth who serves as a galactic bounty hunter with dreadlocks.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Each of the eight actors does a fine job with that, from Monette Magrath and Peter Christian Hansen as our newlywed hosts to Greg Cuellar as a flamboyant motormouth to Mo Perry’s take on a stuffy defender of conventional class differences.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2025
And the resurrection of Carrey as his old plastic, spastic, motormouth self is the key to these movies’ overall effect.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Julia was a relentless motormouth.
—Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motormouth
Noun
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Over to the corvid family for some intelligence, and the raven gets the nod for its size advantage over the magpie and the jay.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Pack your binoculars to look for bird species, like magpie, as well.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
1 June 2026
Noun
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His youngest daughter, a thirteen-year-old chatterbox named Saba, led Khala Helai through the old, Soviet apartment block, asking a hundred questions about her past life.—
Jamil Jan Kochai,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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The new Wade is an endlessly wisecracking chatterbox, shattering the fourth wall with gleeful abandon.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Gollakota is partial to the scenario of someone sitting on a bench, listening to chirping birds, and being intruded upon by loud talkers.—
Sloane Crosley,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Leading the way would be the ousting of late-night talker Stephen Colbert and threats to yank late-night host Jimmy Kimmel of ABC off the air.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
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“Motormouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motormouth. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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