Reverse Dictionary: TALK – ADJECTIVES

(also see CHAT, PRATE, etc.)

ADJECTIVES
ABUZZ full of talk, excitement, etc. → 1859
► ALL FART AND NO SHIT engaging in empty, boastful talk → 1989 UK sl.
► ALL JAW talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ALL JAW, LIKE A SHEEP’S HEAD overly talkative → 1876 sl.
► ALL MOUTH AND TROUSERS engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance → 1961 colloq.
► ALL PISS AND WIND engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance → 1961 colloq.
ALL-TALK entirely focused on talking → 1863
ALTILOQUIOUS talking loudly → 1730 obs.
► BABBLATIVE talkative, given to babbling → 1576
► BABBLISH full of idle talk → 1574 obs.
► BATTING ONE’S GUMS talking for the sake of talking → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BATTING THE BREEZE talking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BEATING THE GUMS talking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
BESPOKEN talked of, spoken of → 1871
► BEWRAYED seized with a foolish fit of talking → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BIG-MOUTHED talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BLAB-MOUTHED talkative → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLAB-TONGUED talkative, unable to keep a secret → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLADDERY talkative, nonsensical → 1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
BLANDILOQUENT talking in a charming, flattering way; smooth-talking → 1599
BLANDILOQUOUS talking in a charming, flattering way → 1615
BLANDILOQUIOUS talking in an enticing, flattering way → 1630 obs.
► BLASHY over-talkative, frivolous → 1891 Eng. dial.
► BLATHERING ► BLETHERING foolishly talkative, boastful → 1759
► BLATHRIE talkative, nonsensical → 1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLITHERING senselessly talkative, babbling → 1889
► BLURY talkative, garrulous → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
BLUSTERING loud-talking, boastful, swaggering → 1652
► BREEZY talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
BRUITED talked about, spoken of → 1523
► BUMPING THE GUMS talking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
BUZZING full of busy talk → 1587
BUZZY much-talked-about → 1982
 CANTY merry, talkative → 1930 Amer. dial.
► CHAPPY given to using the chaps, talkative → 1681 obs.
► CHATFUL talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
CHATTATIVE talkative, chatty → 1777
CHATTERY talkative, chatty → 1815
► CHEWING THE CHINA talking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CHINNY talkative, garrulous → 1883 US
► CHIPPING THE CHINA talking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CHIPPING THE PICKETS talking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CHIPPING THE TEETH talking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CHOPSY too talkative; loud-mouthed → 1974 chiefly Welsh
► CLAPPER-TONGUED talkative, having a tongue that is constantly wagging → 1845 Sc.
CLASHY talkative, gossiping → 1876
► CLICKING THE PICKETS talking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CLICKING THE TEETH talking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CLIPPIE ► CLIPPY very talkative → 1853 Sc.
COMMUNICATIVE free in conversation, frank, talkative → 1651
CONFABULATORY marked by familiar talk; colloquial → 1631
CONVERSABLE fond of talking; disposed to converse → 1673
 CONVERSATIVE ready to talk, given to conversation, talkative → 1703
► CRACKING THE CRACKERS talking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CRACKY talkative, abounding in conversation → 1792 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CRUNCHING THE CRUNCHERS talking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DEAVING talkative → 1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
► DICACIOUS talkative → 1830 obs.
DISCOURSIVE talkative, disposed to discourse→ 1599
► ENDLESS talkative, long-winded → 1822 Sc.
► FAST-MOUTH talkative, fond of talking → 2003 Trinidad and Tobago
► FEATHER-TONGUED talkative, light-tongued → a1618
► FORTY-JAWED excessively talkative, loquacious → 1890 sl.
► FREE WITH ONE’S LIP talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
FULL-MOUTHED talking loudly or with great enthusiasm or vigour → 1594
► FULL OF AIR talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FULL OF BAKED WIND talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FULL OF BALLOON JUICE talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FULL OF HOT AIR talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FULL OF WIND talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FUTILE addicted to talking; unable to hold one’s tongue, loquacious → 1612 obs.
► GABBACIOUS talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GABBERING talkative, verbose → M17 Eng. dial.
► GABBEY ► GABBIE ► GABBY ► GABY talkative, garrulous → 1719 Sc.
► GABBING talkative, loquacious → 1571 colloq.
► GABBIT talkative, loquacious → 1808 Sc.
► GANDYING foolishly talkative → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GARRULOSE given to much talking; talkative, loquacious → 1727 obs.
GARRULOUS given to much talking; talkative, loquacious → 1611
► GASH talkative, loquacious → 1681 Sc.
► GASH-GABBIT loquacious, shrewd in conversation → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GASH-MOOT loquacious, shrewd in conversation → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GASHY talkative, lively → 1842 Sc.
► GASSY talkative, loquacious → 1843 colloq.
► GAUSTERING talkative, fond of gossip → 1736 Eng. dial.
► GEBBY talkative, loquacious → 1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GIFT-OF-GABBY talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GIMBALJAWED talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GNASHING THE CHOPPERS talking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GOBBISH talkative, loquacious; impudent → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GOBBY over-talkative, loquacious; impudent → 1843 Eng. dial.
► GRINDING THE GRINDERS talking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GUFFY talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HAIVRELLY talking nonsensically → 1825 Sc.
► HAVEREL ► HAVERIL talking foolishly or nonsensically → 1685 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
HAVERING talkative, garrulous, given to foolish chattering → 1720 chiefly Sc.
► INANILOQUENT full of empty or idle talk; talking foolishly → 1656 obs.
► INANILOQUOUS full of empty or idle talk; talking foolishly → 1721 obs.
► I-WORDED talkative, full of words → c1225 obs.
► JAWKATIVE talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
JAWSOME talkative, verbose → 1895 UK sl.
► JAWY talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
JINGLE-JAWED talkative → 1889 US sl.
► LABA-LABA ► LABBA-LABBA talkative, verbose → 1980s Black British sl.
► LABRISH talkative, gossipy → 1948 Jamaica
LARGILOQUENT given to talking; full of words → 1656
LEAKY drunk, and so, talkative → 1821 UK sl.
 LIBERAL-TALKING talking excessively or unrestrainedly → 1612 obs.
LIGHT OF TONGUE disposed to talk; voluble → 1430 obs.
LIGHT-TONGUED talking fluently or readily; talkative → 1615
► LIKE A SHEEP’S HEAD, ALL JAW said of a talkative person → 1840
► LINGUACIOUS talkative, loquacious → 1652 obs.
► LIPPY impudent, impertinent; talkative, loud-mouthed → 1837 colloq.
► LIP-SLOPPY talkative to a fault → 1962 US sl.
LONG-TONGUE talkative, indiscreet → 1975 Ireland & W. Indies
► LONG-TONGUED talkative, gossiping → 1553
► LOOSE-CLACKED talkative, loquacious → 1661 obs.
LOQUACIOUS given to much talking, talkative → 1667
► LOUD-MOUTHED given to loud, indiscreet talk → 1602
LOUD-MOUTHING given talk talking loudly, noisy → 1788
► LUBRICAL talkative, loquacious → 1867 obs.
MAYMAY-LIPPY talkative, gossipy → 1996 W. Indies sl.
MELLISH sweetly talking; honeyed → 1577 obs.
MEMORATED much talked of; well-known → 1631 obs.
MOOTED talked of, discussed → 1650
► MOTORMOUTHED given to incessant talking → 1976 Amer. sl.
MOTORMOUTHING characterized by talking fast and incessantly → 1986 sl., orig. US
► MOUTHY talkative, loquacious → 1589 sl.
► MULTI-LOQUACIOUS highly talkative or loquacious → 1819 obs.
► MULTILOQUENT highly talkative or loquacious → 1656
► MULTILOQUIOUS speaking much, very talkative, loquacious → 1640 obs.
► MULTILOQUOUS very talkative → 1591 obs.
NARRATIVE given to narration; talkative, garrulous → 1681 obs.
► NASH-GABBIT talkative, gossiping → 1873 Sc.
► NASHIE talkative, chattering → 1880 Sc.
NATTERY talkative, chattering → 1923
► NELLIN talkative, loud → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► NEWSIE ► NEWSY talkative, garrulous → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NIMBLE-CHOP talkative → 1662 colloq., obs.
ON THE GABBER talking away, talkative → 1930 UK sl.
OVER-TALKATIVE inclined to talk too much → 1667
PALAVEROUS excessively talkative → 1880
PARROTY talkative, chattering → 1822
PERAFFABLE easy to talk to, affable → 1623 obs.
PIET talkative, chattering, gossipy → 1573
► POLL-PARROTY talkative, chattering → 1837
► POLYLOQUENT talking much, very talkative → 1656 obs.
POPPING talking emptily; chattering → 1528 obs.
► POUNDING THE IVORY talking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PRATEFUL talkative, loquacious → 1802
PRATING talking idly, chattering, prattling at length → 1528
PRITTLE-PRATTLE chattering, talkative → 1556 obs.
PROSING given to talking in a dull or tedious manner → 1743
PROSY given to talking in a dull or tedious way → 1819
► QUIET-TONGUED not talkative → 1895 Eng. dial.
► RABBIN talkative, garrulous → 1901 Sc.
► RAMBLING talkative, untrustworthy → 1895 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► RAMMELIN’ talkative, untrustworthy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RANDERING talkative → 1836 Sc.
RAPPING characterized by informal or improvised talk → 1971 chiefly US, orig. African-American
RATTLE talkative, loquacious → 1529 obs.
► RATTLE-BRAINED talkative, flighty → 1868 Sc.
RATTLE-CLAP characterized by prattling talk → 1860
► RATTLE-HEADED talkative, flighty → 1647
► RATTLE-SCULLED talkative, flighty → 1883 Sc.
► RATTLE-TONGUED talkative, garrulous → 1876 Amer. dial.
RATTLING talkative; animated, lively → 1650
► RENABLE talkative, ready of speech → 1781 Eng. dial.
► RULIE talkative → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SATCHEL-MOUTHED used of someone who talks a great deal, as an informer → 1930s sl., orig. African-American
► SLICING THE CHOPS talking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLIDING THE JIVE talking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLIGGY talkative, loquacious → 19C Sc.
SLIPPER given to talk; voluble → 1842 Eng. dial.
SLIPPERY of the tongue: talking too freely → 1699
► SMALL-TALKABLE capable of being engaged in small talk → 1859 obs.
SMALL-TALKING engaging in small talk → 1762
SMART-TALKING given to clever, witty, or persuasive talk, especially of an insincere nature → 1822
SMATTERING given to talking or prating → 1529 obs.
► SOMNILOQUACIOUS talking or apt to talk in sleep → 1731
SOMNILOQUENT talking in sleep → 1804
SOMNILOQUOUS apt to talk in sleep → 1847
SPARKLING characterized by brilliant and lively talk → 1701
► SPEAKATIVE talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
SPEAKFUL talkative, loquacious → 1250
► SPEECHFUL talkative, loquacious → 1842
► STULTILOQUENT given to silly talk, talking foolishly → 1845
 STULTILOQUIOUS talking foolishly → 1683 obs.
► TALEFUL talkative, full of tales → 1726
► TALEWISE given to talking, talkative, loquacious → c1200 obs.
TALKABLE easy to talk to, affable → 1832
TALKAHOLIC much given to talking; talking excessively → 1976
► TALKFUL talkative, garrulous → 1598 obs.
► TALKIFIED talkative, chatty → 1938 Amer. dial.
► TALKY 1. talkative, loquacious, esp. when slightly intoxicated → 1815
2. containing too much inconsequential talk → 1830
► TALKY-TALKY abounding in talk, garrulous → 1831
► TELLSOME talkative, esp. officiously forward in giving advice → 1934 Amer. dial.
► TICKLE-TONGUED talkative, garrulous → 1577 obs.
TONGUED talkative; impertinent → 1864 UK sl.
► TONGUE-FERDY talkative, glib-tongued → 1827 Sc.
► TONGUEY talkative, loquacious → 1773 Amer. dial.
TWADDLESOME given to talking nonsense → 1865
TWATTLING talkative, chattering, prating → 1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TWITTERING talking rapidly or volubly → 1827
► TWITTLE-TWATTLE full of idle or frivolous talk → 1556 obs.
► TWIT-TWAT characterized by frivolous or nonsensical talk → 1665 obs.
VAPOURING talking in a pretentious or high-flown manner → 1647
► VENTOSE talkative, loquacious → 1721
► VERBAL using many words; talkative, verbose → 1572
WINDJAMMING characterized by excessive talking, especially without saying anything of interest → 1919 US sl.
► WINDY talkative → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WOLFING talking excessively → 1968 Amer. dial.
WORDY using an excess of words; garrulous, talkative → 1475
► YAKKY talkative, garrulous → 1950s US sl.
► YAMP talkative, noisy → 1889 Sc.
► YAPPY talkative, noisy → 1931 colloq., orig. US
► YATTERIN endlessly talking → 1923 Sc.
► YCARPED talked → 1377 obs.