motormouthingn.
/ˈməʊtəmaʊðɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmoʊdərˌmaʊðɪŋ/ slang (originally U.S.).
Fast incessant talking; gabbling.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chattering
chaveling?c1225
janglingc1330
jangleryc1374
tatteringc1380
ganglinga1387
clatteringc1400
babbling?c1430
languetingc1450
pratinga1470
cackling1530
prattling1530
tattling1547
gaggling1548
clicketing1575
twattling1577
clacking1594
gabbling1599
blattering1604
snuttering1693
futileness1727
rattling1753
gabbering1798
magginga1800
yaffing1815
deblateration1817
tattlement1837
nattering1859
spieling1859
yattering1859
chatteration1862
quiddling1870
windjamming1886
waffling1958
motormouthing1981
1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 Oct. c1 He has a major in English and a minor in motor mouthing.
1999 Village Voice (N.Y.) (Nexis) 19 Oct. 71 Peter Benson, in largely mute anguish, makes a droll foil for Sedaris's motor-mouthing.
2004 M. Nettleton & C. Rose Hermit of Humbug Mountain i. 15 Abby, who usually chose her words wisely and used few of them, had gone into her other conversational extreme, motor-mouthing.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
motormouthingadj.
/ˈməʊtəmaʊðɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmoʊdərˌmaʊðɪŋ/ slang (originally U.S.).
Characterized by talking fast and incessantly.
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1986 Time (Nexis) 26 May 66 In one corner of the store, David Lee Roth, the motor-mouthing rock star, signs autographs.
1994 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 25 Mar. 86 His brother..is a motormouthing maniac who serves as Snipes' chief lieutenant in the gang.
2000 Daily Mail (Electronic ed.) 6 Oct. He is the hell-raising, rip-roaring, motor-mouthing Oliver Reed of the TV chefs.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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