chatterer
/'tʃætərə/
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Definition
- 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
- passerine bird of New World tropics
- an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker