"motormouth" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-motormouth.wav Forms: motormouths [plural]
Etymology: From motor + mouth, from the figurative notion that the mouth talks so much that it seems motorized. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|motor|mouth}} motor + mouth Head templates: {{en-noun}} motormouth (plural motormouths)
  1. (informal) One who talks very fast or incessantly; a chatty or loquacious person. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People, Talking Synonyms: chatterbox Related terms: diarrhea of the mouth Translations (one who talks very fast or incessantly): moottoriturpa (Finnish), moottorisuu (Finnish), verbomoteur [masculine] (French), verbomotrice [feminine] (French), Quasselstrippe [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-motormouth-en-noun-8ZDDhTqA Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Disambiguation of Talking: 84 16 Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: motor mouth, motor-mouth

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-motormouth.wav Forms: motormouths [present, singular, third-person], motormouthing [participle, present], motormouthed [participle, past], motormouthed [past]
Etymology: From motor + mouth, from the figurative notion that the mouth talks so much that it seems motorized. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|motor|mouth}} motor + mouth Head templates: {{en-verb}} motormouth (third-person singular simple present motormouths, present participle motormouthing, simple past and past participle motormouthed)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To talk very fast or incessantly. Tags: informal, intransitive Translations (to talk very fast or incessantly): quasseln (German)
    Sense id: en-motormouth-en-verb-UUh0RTsm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: motor mouth, motor-mouth

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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