Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who talks incessantly and often foolishly: A chatterer is someone who engages in continuous, trivial, or annoying talk.
   • A type of bird: A chatterer is a passerine bird found in the New World tropics, known for its vocalizations.

Examples

• Noun (Person):
  • The meeting was dominated by a chatterer who wouldn't let anyone else speak.
  • She's a friendly chatterer, always full of stories about her neighbors.
• Noun (Bird):
  • We spotted a brightly colored chatterer in the canopy of the rainforest.
  • The ornithologist studied the behavior of the chatterer for her research.

Advanced Usage

• "An incorrigible chatterer": A person who is impossible to reform or stop from talking excessively.
  • My seatmate on the flight was an incorrigible chatterer.
• Used in formal or literary contexts to describe a person whose speech is seen as empty or annoying.

Variants and Related Words

• Chatter (verb/noun): To talk rapidly or incessantly about trivial matters; the sound or act of such talking.
  • The children chatter excitedly about the party.
• Chatty (adjective): Inclined to chat; friendly and talkative.
  • He wrote a chatty email about his vacation.

Synonyms

• Blabbermouth: A person who talks too much, especially about secrets.
• Prattler: Someone who talks at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.
• Windbag (informal): A person who talks a lot but says little of value.
• Jabberer: A person who talks rapidly and excitedly but with little sense.

Related Phrases

• To run off at the mouth (idiom, informal): To talk incessantly or indiscreetly.
  • He tends to run off at the mouth during interviews.
• To have the gift of the gab (idiom): To have a natural ability to talk easily and persuasively (can be positive or negative depending on context).
  • As a salesman, he certainly has the gift of the gab.

Noun

1. passerine bird of New World tropics
2. an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker