motormouth

noun

ˈmō-tər-ˌmau̇th How to pronounce motormouth (audio)
Definition of motormouthnext
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 Anthony Mackie plays John Doe, a motormouth scavenger eking out a living in the wastelands of the former United States. — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026 But Fears’ motormouth is also his motor and Izzo is the last person to hem any of it in. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026 From his first moments onscreen in a performance of Duracell Bunny physicality and motormouth pushiness, Chalamet conveys the sense of a shameless young man willing himself toward greatness with a combination of chutzpah, amorality and unshakeable self-belief. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 1 Dec. 2025 Ari is a rich kid from New York, who is an impulsive motormouth desperate for Sam’s affection. — Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motormouth
  1. magpie
  2. chatterbox
  3. talker
Noun
  • Both birds are members of the Corvidae family, which also includes magpies and jays, and both crows and ravens are famously playful and intelligent.
    — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Even the New York Times got in on the action, with a profile of the eccentric Sitwell (the charms her magpie, Hecate, are impossible to resist).
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 24 June 2026
Definition of magpie
Noun
  • Gardner-Johnson, the unfiltered chatterbox who frequently livestreams on Twitch, didn’t emerge with insight right away.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Even by politician standards, Giffords was quite the chatterbox.
    — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of chatterbox
Noun
  • While the original 29 code talkers who created the unbreakable code received Congressional Gold Medals, subsequent Code Talker graduates received the silver duplicate.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Winfrey, 72, celebrated the 40th anniversary of her talker just this week in a rare appearance with her longtime partner Stedman Graham.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of talker

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“Motormouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motormouth. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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