TALK, TALKATIVE, TALKATIVENESS, TALKED, TALKING – NOUNS – PERSON
(also see CHAT, PRATE, etc.)
TALK – NOUNS – PERSON
► ABOK a talkative person → 1824 Sc. (Bk.)
► AIRBAG a person who talks too much → 2004 US sl.
► AIRJAMMER a big talker → 1966 Amer. dial.
► AIR MERCHANT a talkative person → 1940s World War II Amer. sl.
► AIR RAIDER a talkative person → 1960s Aust. sl.
► AUGER ► AUGUR an excessive talker → 1890 Amer. dial.
► AUNT a talkative woman → a1425 obs.
► B.A. a nonsensical talker → 1977 sl. (Bullshit Artist)
► BABBLING BROOK an incessant talker → 1913 US sl.
► BABELARD a talkative person → 1678 obs.
► BABELAVANT ► BABELAVANTE a nonsensical talker → a1400 obs.
► BABLATRICE a talkative person → 1595 obs.
► BABLER ► BABBLER a foolish or idle talker → 1366-7
► BABLIAMINY a foolish or idle talker → 1608 obs.
► BAG OF WIND a pompously verbose talker → 1816 colloq., derogatory
► BAGPIPE an inflated and senseless talker → 1603
► BAG-PUNCHER a person who talks at length → 1902 Amer. sl.
► BALATRON a vain talker → 1623 obs.
► BALATROUGH ► BALLATROUGH a foolish, nonsensical talker → 1898 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► BALLOON a talkative person, one full of hot air → 1965 Sc. & Irish English colloq.
► BARBER a tediously talkative person → 1927 US sl.
► BARBER’S CAT a person who prefers talk to action → 1842 sl.
► BELCHER a talkative and loud person → 1934 criminals’ sl.
► BELL-CLAPPER a person who talks too much; a gossip → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BESSYBAB ► BESSYBABS a person fond of silly talk → 1828 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BIG MOUTH a talkative person → 1889 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► BISHOP a person who talks a great deal to little purpose → 1825 Sc.
► BITCH SQUEAK a talkative woman → 1950 US sl.
► BLABBER-BOX a person who talks too much → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BLABBERGUTS a person who talks too much → 1977 US sl.
► BLABBERLIP an indiscreet talker → c1551 UK sl.
► BLABBERMOUTH an indiscreet talker → 1916 sl., orig. US
► BLABBERSKITE a talkative, blustering person; a vain-talking fellow → 1878 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLAB-BLAB a too-ready talker → c1960 Amer. dial.
► BLAB-CHOPS a talkative person → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLAB-MOUTH a talkative person → 1850 Eng. dial.
► BLABMOUTHER a talkative person; an indiscreet talker → 1893 US sl.
► BLABO a person who talks too much → 1945 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BLAB-TIT an indiscreet talker → 1894 Eng. dial.
► BLADDER a talkative, long-winded, boring person → 1579
► BLADDER-HEAD a stupid and tiresome talker → 1883 (Bk.)
► BLADDER MOUTH a coarse, noisy talker, devoid of sense → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLADDERSKATE a foolish, noisy talker → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLADDHER a person who utters vulgarly foolish, boastful talk → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► BLADROCK a talkative, shrill-voiced person → 1825 Sc.
► BLAGUEUR a pretentious talker → 1883
► BLASH-KITE a noisy, nonsensical talker → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLATEROON an idle talker → c1645 obs.
► BLATHER a foolish talker → 1724 Sc.
► BLATHERER a foolish talker → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLATHERSKITE ► BLETHERSKATE a talkative, noisy person, esp. one who talks utter rubbish → c1650 sl., orig. Sc., now chiefly US
► BLATHERUMSKITE a foolish talker → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLELLUM a foolish talker → 1787 Sc.
► BLETHER a foolish, talkative person → 1724 Sc.
► BLETHERBAG a fluent, foolish talker → 1870 Sc.
► BLETHERER a foolish talker → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLOBBER-MOUTH a talkative person → 1949 Amer. dial.
► BLOB-MOUTH a person who talks too loud or too much → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BLUBBER a person who talks vacantly → 1914 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BLUITER a great talker → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLUTTER a foolish talker; a rash, noisy talker → 1724 Sc.
► BOOSCHT a little, talkative person → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BRAG-BOX a person who talks too much → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BROAD-MOUTH a person who talks too much → 1954 Amer. dial.
► BROWNMOUTH a talkative fool → 1991 Irish sl.
► BUDGIE a talkative person → 1960s criminals’ sl.
► BULL ARTIST a person notorious for his excessive talk which is usually boastful, exaggerated, and unreliable → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BULLSHIPPER a person who talks too loud or too much → 1967 Amer. euphemism
► BYSTOUR a loud, rude talker → 1535 Sc. obs.
► CACKLE-BROAD a woman who talks incessantly → 1980 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CACKLER a noisy talker → 1400 colloq.
► CARNEY a smooth talk, a flatterer → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CARPER a talker, a prattler → c1440 obs.
► CASSIUS CLAY a talkative person → 1967 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CATFISH a person who talks too loud or too much → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CHATTER-BASKET a talkative child → M19 sl.
► CHATTER-BLADDER a talkative child → M19 sl.
► CHATTER-BONES an incessant talker; a talkative child → M19 US sl.
► CHATTER-CART an incessant talker; a talkative child → M19 sl.
► CHATTERMAG a talkative woman → 19C Eng. dial. or colloq.
► CHAW-MOUTH a very talkative person → 1964 Amer. dial.
► CHIN-WAGGER an avid or excessive talker → 1919 Amer. dial.
► CHRONONHOTONTHOLOGOS a bombastic talker → 1922 (Bk.)
► CHURCH-BELL a talkative woman → L19 sl.
► CLATTER -BOX a person who talks too much → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CLATTER-VENGEANCE a talkative, gossiping person → 1899 Sc.
► CLATTER-WALLET an incessant talker → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CLIPPIE a talkative woman → 1822 Sc.
► CLIT-CLAT a talkative person → 1869 Eng. dial.
► COCK-A-LILTY a foolish talker → 19C Eng. dial.
► COOZER a talkative person, a gossip → a1819 Eng. dial.
► CRACK a talkative person → 1827 Sc.
► CREPUNDIAN an empty talker → 1589 obs.
► CROAKER a person who talks loudly and too much → 1912 Amer. dial.
► EARBASHER an incessant talker; a bore → 1941 Aust. sl.
► EAR BEATER an overly talkative person; one who doesn’t give you a chance to get a word in edgeways → 1945 Amer. sl.
► EAR BENDER an overly talkative person; a talkative bore → 1934 US sl.
► FABLER a talker → 1893 obs. (Bk.)
► FAFF a person who uses more breath in talking than is necessary → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAG-MA-FUFF a talkative old woman → 1825 Sc. obs.
► FATMOUTH a talkative person, one who talks too much → 1926 US sl., chiefly African-American
► FLABBER-MOUTH a person who talks too much; a blabber-mouth → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FLANNELFACE a person who talks too much, a loudmouth, a braggart → 1941 Amer. dial., derogatory
► FLANNELMOUTH a person who talks too much, a loudmouth, a braggart → 1912 Amer. dial., derogatory
► FLAPJAW a person who talks too much, an incessant talker → 1950 Amer. dial.
► GAB a person who talks too loud or too much → 1822 Sc.
► GAB-ARTIST a convincing talker → 1908 US sl.
► GABBER an indiscreet talkative person → 1792
► GABBERLOONEY ► GABBERLOONY a person who talks too much → 1997 Irish sl. (Bk.)
► GABBEY a foolish talker → 1890 Amer.
► GABBIE a talkative person → 1841 Sc.
► GABBIE-GASH a very talkative person → c1875 Sc.
► GABBIE-GASHLICH a very talkative person → 1925 Sc.
► GABBIE-SNARROCH a very talkative person → a1900 Sc.
► GABBLEBLOOTER a talkative person → 1997 Irish sl. (Bk.)
► GABBLE-GRINDER a talkative person → 19C sl. obs.
► GABBLEGUTS a talkative person → 1966 Aust. sl.
► GABBLER a person who talks rapidly, esp. in an unintelligible way → 1624
► GABBLE-RATCHET a confirmed talker → 1888 Eng. dial.
► GABBO ► GABO a talkative person → 1931 US sl.
► GABBOCK a talkative person → 1866 Sc.
► GABBY-GUTS a talkative person → 1948 Irish sl.
► GAB MACHINE a person who talks too much → 1866 US colloq.
► GABSIE a talkative person → 1952 Sc.
► GABSLICK a talkative person → 1997 Ulster sl. (Bk.)
► GABSTER a talkative person → 1870 colloq.
► GACK an idle talker → 1900 Ireland (Bk.)
► GAD a talkative person → 1756 obs. exc. dial.
► GADDER a talkative person → 1550
► GAFFER a talkative person → 1802 Sc. obs.
► GAMMONER a person who talks volubly or flatteringly, esp. so as to deceive or cajoler another into a particular course of action; a talkative, unreliable person → 1819
► GANDY a pert talker → 1790 Sc. obs.
► GANNYIE a pert talker → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► GASBAG a person who talks at length but says little of value; an empty talker → 1841 sl.
► GASHELBIKE a talkative person → 1916 Sc.
► GASMAN a talkative person → 1848 US sl.
► GASOMETER a voluble talker → c1890 sl. obs.
► GAS PIPE a talkative person → 1868 US sl.
► GASSER a talkative person → 1855 colloq., orig. US
► GASSY a talkative person → 1931 US prison sl.
► GATEMOUTH a talkative person → 1926 African-American sl.
► GATOR-MOUTH a person who talks too much → 1997 US students’ sl.
► GAUPUS ► GAWPUS a person given to talking much and foolishly → 1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GEITTER a talkative, shrill-voiced person → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► GEYSER a nonsensical talker; an empty talker → 1900 Aust. sl.
► GIBBLE-GABBLER a senseless talker → 1653 obs.
► GIB-GASH a fluent talker; one with a ‘gift of the gab’ → 1889 Sc.
► GILLIEGASCON a talkative, empty, vapouring person → 1866 Sc. obs.
► GLAB a talkative person → 1879 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GLEBBER a person who talks in a slobbering manner → 1923 Sc.
► GLIBBER a person who talks too loud or too much → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GLIGGEEN a voluble silly talker → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► GOBALOON a person who talks too much → 20C Ireland sl.
► GOBBERLOONY a person who talks too much → 20C Ireland sl.
► GOBBLER a talkative or loquacious person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GUSHER an over-effusive and sentimental talker; an incessant talker → 1864 colloq.
► HABBERER a talkative person → 1913 Sc.
► HAGGIS-BAG a talkative person → 1844 Sc.
► HAIVEREL ► HAIVREL ► HAVEREL ► HAVERIL ► HAVREL a foolish talker, a talkative person → c1779 Sc.
► HAVERER an empty, idle talker → 1826 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► HAWCH-A-MOUTH ► HAWCH-MOUTH a person who talks incessantly in a coarse, vulgar manner using obscene and offensive language → 1746 Eng. dial.
► JABBERBOX a person who talks too much → 1966 Amer. dial.
► JABBERER a person who talks thick and fast → 1678 sl.
► JACKDAW a talkative person → 1605
► JAMMERER an incessant and foolish talker → 1824 Sc.
► JANGLER an idle talker → 1303 obs.
► JANGLERESS a talkative female → c1386 obs.
► JAY a talkative person → 1523
► JINGLE-BRAINS a talkative, noisy person → 1690 colloq.
► JITTERBUG a nonsensical talker; a person who talks too much → 1980 Amer. dial.
► JOHNNY WALKER a talkative person → 20C rhyming sl. for ‘talker’
► LAB a great talker → c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► LABA ► LABBA a talkative person → 1950s W. Indies
► LABA-LABA ► LABBA-LABBA a talkative person → 1950s W. Indies
► LABBER-MOUTH a talker → 20C W. Indies
► LALDRUM ► LALTHRUM a talkative, noisy girl → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LINGUISTER a very talkative person → 1996 Amer dial., obs. (Bk.)
► LONG-TONGUE an unusually talkative woman → 1847
► LOUD-MOUTH a person who talks loudly, excessively, and either boastfully or bullying or very indiscreetly → c1944 colloq.
► MAAMOUTH a talkative, shrill-voiced person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MACK a very ingratiating or deceptive talker; one who can sweet-talk women → 1962 African-American sl.
► MAG a talkative, garrulous person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAGPIE a talkative child or woman → 1844 Eng. dial.
► MAGSMAN a talker → 20C Aust. sl.
► MAMBLER a fluent talker; an incessant talker → a1400 obs.
► MATAEOLOGIAN ► MATEOLOGIAN an empty or nonsensical talker → 1653
► MIGHTY MOUTH a person who talks too much and spreads gossip or reveals secrets → 1974 sl.
► MILL-CLAPPER a constant talker → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MILL-HAPPER a garrulous, chattering person → 1828 Sc.
► MONOWONGLER a person who insists upon doing all the talking → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► MOROLOGIST a foolish talker → 1727 obs.
► MOTORMOUTH a person who talks fast and incessantly, usually to little purpose → 1955 sl., orig. US
► MOUTH a person who talks loudly, incessantly, and (usually) to little purpose → 1699 colloq.
► MOUTH ALMIGHTY a talkative, noisy, loud-mouthed person → 1800 colloq., chiefly Brit., usually derogatory
► MOUTHER a foolish talker; a talkative person → 1746
► MOUTH HARP a talkative person → 1970 Amer. dial.
► NAFF a talkative, pert person → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
► NASHIN a talkative person → 1923 Sc.
► NIMBLE-CHOPS a talkative person → 1614 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► NOISE-BOX a person who talks too much → 1965 Amer. dial.
► NOISY-BOX a person who talks too much → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD WIFE a talkative, gossiping person → 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► OPEN-GOB a talkative person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PAITER a talkative person → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► PALAVERIST an idle talker → a1873
► PARROT MOUTH a talkative person → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► PATTER a talkative person → 1825 Sc.
► PERSIFLEUR a person addicted to persiflage, one who indulges in frivolous, quizzical talk → 1840
► PIECE OF JAB a talkative person → 1930s sl.
► PIET a talkative person → L16 now Sc. & N. Eng.
► POL a talkative person → 1940s UK prison sl.
► POLL PARROT a talkative, gossipy woman → 1870
► POOFTER an incessant talker → 1916 NZ
► PRATE-APACE a talkative, forward child → 1636
► PRATE-ROAST a talkative boy → L17 sl.
► PRATTLE-BOX a talkative person → 1671 obs.
► PUMP a pompous, garrulous, or foolish person → 1823 colloq., obs.
► PUNKAWN a talkative, self-assertive person → 1943 Irish sl.
► RABBLER a hasty, indistinct talker → 1880 Sc.
► RACKLE a very talkative person → 1879 Eng. dial.
► RALLIGUT a person who talks too much → 1929 Sc.
► RANDER a great talker → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► RAPPER a talkative person → 1971 sl., orig. US
► RATTLE a voluble talker → 19C Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RATTLEBOX a talkative person → 1869 Amer. dial.
► RATTLEHEAD a talkative person → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RATTLEMOUTH a talkative person → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RATTLER a talkative, loud, noisy person → 19C Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RATTLETONGUE a talkative person → 1876 Amer. dial.
► RATTLETRAP a talkative person → 1904 Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RATTLE-TRAPS a talkative, noisy person → 19C Eng. dial.
► SACCHARINE LIPS a glib talker → 1989 Aust. sl.
► SAGEBRUSH PHILOSOPHER a talkative Westerner → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► SATCH a man who talks a lot; esp. a gossip, a politician, etc. → 1945 Amer. sl.
► SCLORE a verbose, empty talker → 1923 Sc.
► SCREECH-OWL a talkative, shrill-voiced person → 1896 Ireland
► SEGGER a talkative person → c1440 obs.
► SLANG-WHANGER a careless talker → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SPIELER a glib talker → 1894 sl.
► STEM-WINDER an enthusiastic talker → 1942 US sl.
► TABLE-TALKER a person who talks at table; especially a person of high conversational powers → 1846
► TAGUE FOR THE TONGUE, A ► TAGUE FOR TONGUEING, A an interminable talker → c1850 Sc.
► TALE-PITCHER a romancing talker → 1898 sl.
► TALKEE-TALKEE a talkative person → 1877 US
► TALKER-SEER a seer who is also a talker → 1884
► TALKFUL, THE talkative or garrulous people as a class → 1598 obs.
► TALKIE FROM MILWAUKEE a talkative person → 1945 jive usage (Bk.)
► TALKING FOOL a very talkative person → 1930 Amer. dial.
► TATTERER a voluble talker → 1885 Sc.
► TATTLE-BOX a person who talks too much → 1911 sl.
► TATTLER an idle talker → 1550
► TITTLE-TATTLER an idle talker → 1600
► TONGUE-PAD a talkative person → a1700 Eng. dial. & sl.
► TONGUER a talker → 1822
► TONGUESTER a great talker → 1871
► TWITTERER an idle talker; a person who talks at length → 1895
► UNCUS-POKE a very talkative person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VAPOURER a bragging talker → 1653
► VOLISHER an ostentatious talker → 1905 Sc. obs. (Bk.)
► WAFFLE-BAGS a foolish talker → 1884 Eng. dial.
► WALTER WINCHELL a person who talks too much → 1930s US criminals’ sl.
► WHITTER-WHATTER a talkative woman → 19C Sc. obs.
► WINDBAG a talkative person → 1827 sl.
► WINDJAMMER a big talker → 1887 Amer. dial.
► WINDMILL a talkative person → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► WINDY a talkative person, esp. one who lies or exaggerates → c1930 Amer. sl.
► WINDY-BAGS an incessant talker → 1796 Eng. dial.
► WINDY-ORGAN a talkative, unreliable person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WINDY-WALLET a talkative, unreliable person → 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WINDY-WALLETS a boastful talker’ an exaggerated talker → 1825 Sc.
► WINDY-WALLOPS a very talkative person → 1893 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WOOFER a person who talks meaninglessly; an idle talker → 1934 African-American sl.
► YAABER an incessant talker → 1824 Sc.
► YABB an interminable talker → a1838 Sc.
► YABBERER a talkative person → 1852 Aust. sl.
► YABBLE a talkative person → 1880 Sc.
► YABBLER a talkative person → 1901 Sc.
► YABBLOCK a talkative person → 1880 Sc.
► YABBOCK an incessant talker → 1824 Sc.
► YABOK a talkative child → 1841 Sc. (Bk.)
► YACK a person who talks thickly → 1905 Sc. obs. (Bk.)
► YACKER ► YAKKER a talkative person → 1959 sl.
► YACKUZ a person who talks thickly → 1824 Sc. obs.
► YAFFLER a person who talks too much → 1995 Aust. sl.
► YAKKY a talkative person → 1950s US sl.
► YAMMERER a talkative person → 1978
► YANKER an incessant talker → 1825 Sc. obs.
► YAP a person who talks interminably in an affected manner → 1825 Sc.
► YAPPER a talkative person → 1901
► YAP YAP a talkative person → 1983 Aust. sl.
► YARN-CHOPPER a long prosy talker → 1890 UK sl.
► YARN-SLINGER a long prosy talker → 1890 sl.
► YATTER an incessant talker → 1825 Sc.
► YENTA a talkative woman → 1923 US
► YIFF-YAFF a small person who talks a great deal to little purpose → 1905 Sc. obs. (Bk.)
► YO-YO MOUTH a person who talks too much → 1975 US sl.