long-tongued

American  

[lawng-tuhngd, long-] / ˈlɔŋˈtʌŋd, ˈlɒŋ- /

adjective

1. talking too much or too openly, especially of private or confidential matters; chattering; gossipy.

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Etymology

Origin of long-tongued

First recorded in 1545–55

Example Sentences

With long-tongued bats in Costa Rica, Ripperger put backpacks on bats and the flowers in which they forage for nectar.

From Washington Post • May 11, 2020

The country’s acerbic cartoonists often portray him as either a long-tongued fool or a foot-in-mouth gaffe machine.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 27, 2016

Here, a Leache’s long-tongued bat, Monophllus redmoni, pollinates a Marcgravia flower in Cuba.

From National Geographic • Nov. 1, 2015

You may remember Simmons as the long-tongued, face-painted co-lead singer of the 1970s glam-rock band Kiss.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2014

I am sure I need hardly tell you that the structures thus described were ant-hills, and that the big holes in this side were the work of the long-tongued “aard-vark,” or the scaly “pangolin.”

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne