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
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.
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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
Julia was a relentless motormouth.
—Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
Since graduation, Chen has racked up assignments in Mozart, Beethoven, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini with opera companies and symphony orchestras across the United States and in Europe, often as the motormouth buffoons and weasels of classic comedies.
—airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
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
Since graduation, Chen has racked up assignments in Mozart, Beethoven, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini with opera companies and symphony orchestras across the United States and in Europe, often as the motormouth buffoons and weasels of classic comedies.
—airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
Whereas Ben [Schwartz as Sonic] is about motormouth fun and manic energy, Shadow is the exact opposite.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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
Julia was a relentless motormouth.
—Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
Since graduation, Chen has racked up assignments in Mozart, Beethoven, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini with opera companies and symphony orchestras across the United States and in Europe, often as the motormouth buffoons and weasels of classic comedies.
—airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
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
Since graduation, Chen has racked up assignments in Mozart, Beethoven, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini with opera companies and symphony orchestras across the United States and in Europe, often as the motormouth buffoons and weasels of classic comedies.
—airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
Whereas Ben [Schwartz as Sonic] is about motormouth fun and manic energy, Shadow is the exact opposite.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motormouth
Noun
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Officials said residents should report dead birds — including crows, jays and magpies, which have a particularly high risk of infection — by calling the state Department of Public Health hotline at 877-968-2473.—
Ethan Wolin
July 7,
Sacbee.com,
7 July 2025
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But natural population control is reportedly setting in, as birds such as sparrows and magpies learn to eat the bugs, causing their numbers to fall.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
4 July 2025
Noun
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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
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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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“Motormouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motormouth. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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