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# chatterbox

noun (a chatterbox, chatterboxes)

«chatterbox» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) A person, often a child, who talks a lot and seems never to stop. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatterbox/#m2)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chatterbox» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatterbox/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chatterbox» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chatterbox.html) on Mova free.