What does chatterbox mean?
Chatterbox means (informal) One who chats or talks to excess..
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/ˈtʃæ.tə(ɹ)ˌbɒks/ · noun
(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.
Use chatterbox when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chatterbox means (informal) One who chats or talks to excess..
Common synonyms include babbler, jabberer, chatterer, yakker.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[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.
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