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chatterbox

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈtʃæ.tə(ɹ)ˌbɒks/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who chats or talks to excess.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of cootie catcher (“children's fortune-telling device”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cootie catcher

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Synonym of chatterbot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chatterbot

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The orchid Epipactis gigantea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chatterer, babbler, prater, magpie, spouter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser

6

noun

Meaning 6

orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stream orchid, giant helleborine, Epipactis gigantea

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: helleborine

History

Etymology

From chatter + box.

Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ثَرْثَار (ṯarṯār) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Belarusian: лапату́н (lapatún) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Belarusian: лапату́ха (lapatúxa) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Belarusian: лапату́шка (lapatúška) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Belarusian: ласкату́н (laskatún) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Belarusian: ласкату́ха (laskatúxa) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Belarusian: ласкату́шка (laskatúška) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Bulgarian: бъбри́ца (bǎbríca) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Bulgarian: кречета́ло (krečetálo) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Bulgarian: лате́рна (latérna) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Catalan: xerraire — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Chinese Mandarin: 話匣子 /话匣子 (huàxiázi) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Chinese Mandarin: 喋喋不休者 (diédiébùxiū-zhě) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Chinese Mandarin: 話癆 /话痨 (huàláo) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Czech: kecal — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Danish: sladretaske — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Danish: sludrechatol — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Dutch: kletskous — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Esperanto: babilemulo — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Finnish: lörppö — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Finnish: lörpöttelijä — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Finnish: hölösuu — one who chats or talks to excess
  • French: moulin à paroles — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Galician: charlatán — one who chats or talks to excess
  • German: Dampfplauderer — one who chats or talks to excess
  • German: Plaudertasche — one who chats or talks to excess
  • German: Quasselstrippe — one who chats or talks to excess
  • German: Schwätzer — one who chats or talks to excess
  • German: Schwätzerin — one who chats or talks to excess
  • German: Labermaul — one who chats or talks to excess
  • German: Labertasche — one who chats or talks to excess
  • German: Chlepfe — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Greek: πολυλογάς (polylogás) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Greek: φαφλατάς (faflatás) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Ancient Greek: στώμυλμα (stṓmulma) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Hungarian: locsi-fecsi — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Hungarian: szélkelep — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Irish: cabaire — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Italian: chiacchierone — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Italian: ciancione — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Italian: linguacciuto — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Japanese: おしゃべり (oshaberi) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Kazakh: сумақай (sumaqai) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Latin: lingulāca — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Latvian: pļāpa — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Macedonian: кречетало (krečetalo) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Macedonian: брборко (brborko) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Macedonian: алапача (alapača) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Macedonian: дрдорко (drdorko) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Māori: kohe — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Māori: komarero — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Māori: pane kākā — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Māori: ngutu kotete — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Norman: bailleux d'goule — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Norman: caqu'teux — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Occitan: barjacaire — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Occitan: charraire — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Plautdietsch: Plaupamul — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Polish: gaduła — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Portuguese: tagarela — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Portuguese: falador — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Portuguese: gralha — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Portuguese: grafonola — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Portuguese: falastrão — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Portuguese: boquirroto — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Portuguese: linguarudo — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Russian: болту́н (boltún) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Russian: болту́нья (boltúnʹja) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Russian: болту́шка (boltúška) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Russian: лопоту́н (lopotún) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Russian: лопоту́ха (lopotúxa) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Russian: лопоту́нья (lopotúnʹja) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Serbo-Croatian: brbljavac — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Serbo-Croatian: brbljavica — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Spanish: loro — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Spanish: lora — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Spanish: charlatán — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Spanish: cotorra — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Spanish: parlanchín — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Tangut: 𗀁𗢯 — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Turkish: geveze — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Turkish: şapır — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Ukrainian: балаку́н (balakún) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Ukrainian: балаку́ха (balakúxa) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Ukrainian: лепету́н (lepetún) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Ukrainian: лепету́ха (lepetúxa) — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Walloon: tchafiåd — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Walloon: tchafete — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Walloon: berdeleu — one who chats or talks to excess
  • Walloon: Mareye-tarame — one who chats or talks to excess
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