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motor-mouth

American  
[moh-ter-mauth] / ˈmoʊ tərˌmaʊθ /

noun

Slang.
  • motor-mouths
    plural
  1. a person who is a constant or irrepressible talker.


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Wahlberg is in the familiar rapid-fire, rat-a-tat style he has developed over the years, tussling and bantering with everyone around him, and not even his encroaching disability can slow his motor-mouth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2022

Of course until now, the gaffes have all emerged from the motor-mouth of Donald Trump.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2016

Robin Williams, whose punch lines were often hyperactive, motor-mouth act-outs, is probably the most famous example.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2015

This is nothing like the motor-mouth on the telly, laughing in the face of everything.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2014

Now, Ali – the Greatest, the inventor and ne plus ultra of boxing’s motor-mouth braggadocio – has fallen all but silent.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2014

This average was dwarfed by differences within each sex, with some taciturn types speaking just a few thousand words, and a few motor-mouths as many as 50,000.

From Economist ● Jun. 22, 2017

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