blabbermouth

Questions about blabbermouth

What does blabbermouth mean?

blabbermouth means "someone who gossips indiscreetly".

How many syllables are in blabbermouth?

blabbermouth has 3 syllables and divides as blab-ber-mouth under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for blabbermouth?

Close synonyms include tattletale, tattler, taleteller, talebearer, telltale. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blabbermouth a common word?

blabbermouth is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.