chatterbox

«chatterbox» in Mova's school dictionary: A person, often a child, who talks a lot and seems never… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a chatterbox, chatterboxes)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A person, often a child, who talks a lot and seems never to stop. tree →

2) (UK) A folded paper game, also called a fortune teller or cootie catcher, that you open and close with your fingers. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is a friendly, teasing word for someone talkative; a teacher might say «You're a real chatterbox today!» In stories a chatterbox character can be funny or give away secrets. In the playground pupils make paper chatterboxes to tell silly fortunes.

examples

• My little sister is a real chatterbox. tree →
• «Quiet please, chatterboxes!» said the teacher. tree →
• We made paper chatterboxes at break time. tree →
• The parrot was a chatterbox and copied every word. tree →
• Grandma calls me a chatterbox on long car journeys. tree →
• The chatterbox couldn't keep a secret. tree →

note

One word. Plural: chatterboxes. Mostly friendly, but can be a mild telling-off. Related: chatter, chatty.

In the corpora

• "bAlakun" means chatterbox and is a gentle tease.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chatterbox» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.