rattlebrain

[rat-l-breyn]

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noun

a giddy, empty-headed, talkative person.

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Origin of rattlebrain

First recorded in 1700–10; rattle¹ + brain

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That was a lot of rattlebrain talk anyway—we're so clevaire!
Tom Slade with the Boys Over There
Percy K. Fitzhugh