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# chatterbox

«chatterbox» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person, often a child, who talks a lot and seems never…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a chatterbox, chatterboxes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A person, often a child, who talks a lot and seems never to stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatterbox/#m1)

2) (UK) A folded paper game, also called a fortune teller or cootie catcher, that you open and close with your fingers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatterbox/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is a friendly, teasing word for someone talkative; a teacher might say «You're a real chatterbox today!» In stories a chatterbox character can be funny or give away secrets. In the playground pupils make paper chatterboxes to tell silly fortunes.

### examples

- My little sister is a real chatterbox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatterbox/#x1)
- «Quiet please, chatterboxes!» said the teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatterbox/#x2)
- We made paper chatterboxes at break time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatterbox/#x3)
- The parrot was a chatterbox and copied every word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatterbox/#x4)
- Grandma calls me a chatterbox on long car journeys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatterbox/#x5)
- The chatterbox couldn't keep a secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatterbox/#x6)

### note

One word. Plural: chatterboxes. Mostly friendly, but can be a mild telling-off. Related: chatter, chatty.

### In the corpora

- ["bAlakun" means chatterbox and is a gentle tease.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chatterbox» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatterbox/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.