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blabbermouth

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈblæb.ə(ɹ)ˌmaʊθ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A gossip.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, informal

Examples

  • If it weren't for that blabbermouth Sally, the principal would never have known we did it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: carrytale, blab, blabbermouth, blabtale, blabtongue, busybody, buzzer, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, meddler, mouth, mumblenews, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, scandalmonger, sleazemonger, tabby, talebearer, talecarrier, tattletale, telltale, telltale tit, titivil, tittle-tattle, town crier, whisperer

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who talks excessively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: airbag, babblemouth, babbler, bag of wind, blab, blabberer, blatherer, blabbermouth, blatherskite, bloviator, chatterbag, chatter-basket, chatterbox, chatterer, Chatty Cathy, chewet, gabbler, gasbag, jabberer, jangler, Mag, motormouth, patterer, prater, prattler, rattle, tongue-pad, twaddler, windbag, yapper, yakker

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A kind of foam-dispensing nozzle used in firefighting at airports.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

someone who gossips indiscreetly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tattletale, tattler, taleteller, talebearer, telltale

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger

History

Etymology

From blabber + mouth.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: bocamoll — gossip
  • Finnish: hölösuu — gossip
  • Macedonian: озбо́рувач (ozbóruvač) — gossip
  • Macedonian: озбору́вачка (ozborúvačka) — gossip
  • Macedonian: тра́чар (tráčar) — gossip
  • Macedonian: тра́чарка (tráčarka) — gossip
  • Māori: ngutu pī — gossip
  • Māori: komarero — gossip
  • Plautdietsch: Plaupamauz — gossip
  • Russian: болту́н (boltún) — gossip
  • Russian: болту́нья (boltúnʹja) — gossip
  • Russian: спле́тник (splétnik) — gossip
  • Russian: спле́тница (splétnica) — gossip
  • Russian: трепло́ (trepló) — gossip
  • Spanish: bocazas — gossip
  • Swedish: skvallerbytta — gossip