blabbermouth
Americannoun
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of blabbermouth
An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; blabber ( def. ) + mouth
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Being a blabbermouth finally caught up with Davis.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2023
That brings us to “Howard Stern Comes Again,” a new 549-page collection of his radio interviews that he hopes marks his evolution from an impatient and often nasty blabbermouth to a master conversationalist.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2019
“I’m not known for being a blabbermouth, you know?” the soft-spoken Abdul-Jabbar concedes with a smile, something else he was never particularly known for during his playing days.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2018
“Stings a little doesn’t it? You finally thought you’d met your match: a blabbermouth who’s as thin-skinned and narcissistic as you are. “
From Washington Times ● Feb. 28, 2017
Everyone turns and looks at me, but, of course, I don’t speak—because I’m a minimal speaker, yes, but what would I say, even if I were a blabbermouth?
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
These guys were used to blabbermouths as bosses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024
If Instagram chooses to limit my account forever, so be it — I’ll just take my live act to Pershing Square on Saturday mornings like so many blabbermouths before me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2021
As Miller admits, there’s a lot of corniness he didn’t cover in his book: blabbermouths, halitosis, lounge lizards, flagpole sitting.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2014
The department’s counterespionage section was more interested in finding foreign spies than American blabbermouths, officials said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2012
They were nice, these two witches, and Seven hoped they’d also be blabbermouths.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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