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motor-mouth

[ moh -ter-mouth ]

• a person who is a constant or irrepressible talker.

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In his previous roles, the 26-year-old actor was like Vince Vaughn-lite—a charismatic, eminently likeable motor mouth.

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Slang – Motormouth

Slang – Motormouth or Motor-mouth .

Meaning – A very talkative person . Someone who talks a lot. A motormouth is a person who talks excessively, often about meaningless things.

There are many great slang expression that can be directed towards someone who talks to much. Here are some of our favourites:

• Blabbermouth – To blabber (slang) is to talk foolishly or excessively. 
• Chatterbox – To chatter is to talk excessively about unimportant things.
• Flap jaw – To flap is to talk foolishly and persistently. 
• Gasbag – Gas is another slang expression for talking too much.
• Jabberer – To jabber is to speak rapidly or to talk in a way that is difficult to understand.
• Wind-bag – Wind is a slang expression for meaningless chat.
• Yapper – To yap is to talk in a loud or annoying way.
• “Give it a rest  motormouth!  I can’t even hear myself think. You never stop talking.”

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Lauren Pattison review – fall and rise of a comic motormouth

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• 1.1 Alternative forms
• 1.2 Etymology
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Alternative forms

• motor mouth , motor-mouth

From motor +‎ mouth , from the figurative notion that the mouth talks so much that it seems motorized .

motormouth ( plural motormouths )

• 2014 October 11, Simon Hattenstone, “Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’”, in The Guardian ‎ [1] : Blimey, Brand is checking a word with me. This is nothing like the motor-mouth on the telly, laughing in the face of everything.

Related terms

• diarrhea of the mouth

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motormouth ( third-person singular simple present motormouths , present participle motormouthing , simple past and past participle motormouthed )

• ( intransitive , informal ) To talk very fast or incessantly .

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• commentator
• conversationalist
• demagogically
• demagoguery
• public speaker
• speechifier
• speechmaker
• spokeswoman

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mo′tor•mouth`

Or mo′tor-mouth`.

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Thesaurus Definition of motormouth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blabbermouth
• conversationalist
• blatherskite

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“Motormouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motormouth. Accessed 24 Aug. 2024.

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What does the noun motormouth mean?

There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun motormouth . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

How common is the noun motormouth ?

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British english, u.s. english, where does the noun motormouth come from.

Earliest known use

The earliest known use of the noun motormouth is in the 1950s.

OED's earliest evidence for motormouth is from 1955, in the Los Angeles Times .

motormouth is formed within English, by compounding.

Etymons: motor n. , mouth n.

Nearby entries

• motorizing, n. 1901–
• motorkhana, n. 1954–
• motor landau, n. 1903–
• motorless, adj. 1897–
• motor lodge, n. 1936–
• motor-mad, adj. 1906–
• motorman, n. 1889–
• motor-mate, n. 1928–
• motor-minded, adj. 1897–
• motor-mindedness, n. 1897–
• motormouth, n. 1955–
• motormouth, v. 1983–
• motormouthed, adj. 1979–
• motormouthing, n. 1981–
• motormouthing, adj. 1986–
• motor nerve, n. 1823–
• motor neuron, n. 1897–
• motor neuron disease, n. 1933–
• motor octane number, n. 1952–
• motor-paced, adj. 1909–
• motor pacing, n. 1895–

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Pronunciation, compounds & derived words, entry history for motormouth, n..

Originally published as part of the entry for motor, n. & adj.

motormouth, n. was revised in December 2002.

motormouth, n. was last modified in July 2023.

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A Supplement to the OED, Volume II (1976)

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(2) To stick your face deeply into the clevage of two huge breasts,shake your head back and forth while making the sound of a motorboat with your mouth.

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