Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chatterbox

/ˈtʃæ.tə(ɹ)ˌbɒks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables: chat-ter-box
IPA: /ˈtʃæ.tə(ɹ)ˌbɒks/

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who chats or talks to excess.

Informal

noun

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

noun

Synonym of chatterbot.

noun

The orchid Epipactis gigantea.

Example Sentences

"[S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible."

Etymology

From chatter + box.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

chatterboxes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

chatter prattle talkative informant

Synonyms

cootie catcher chatterbot babbler jabberer chatterer yakker airbag babblemouth bag of wind blab blabberer blatherer

Questions

How do you pronounce chatterbox?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʃæ.tə(ɹ)ˌbɒks/.
What does chatterbox mean?: One who chats or talks to excess.
Where does chatterbox come from?: From chatter + box.

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