big mouth

See also: bigmouth

English

Alternative forms

• bigmouth (person only)

Pronunciation

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Noun

big mouth (plural big mouths)

1. (idiomatic, often derogatory) The mouth of someone who talks too much, especially by making exaggerated claims or by inappropriately revealing information.

   Shut your big mouth or I'll shut it for you.

2. (idiomatic, often derogatory) A person who talks too much, especially by making exaggerated claims or by inappropriately revealing information.

   Shut up, big mouth!

Usage notes

• Numerous common phrases involve one's "big mouth" or "mouth" being shut or open.

Derived terms

• open one's big mouth

Translations

mouth of someone who talks too much

• French: grande gueule (fr) f
• German: lockeres Mundwerk n
• Spanish: lacoso (Panama)

person who has such a "big mouth"

• Catalan: bocamoll (ca) m, bocamolla (ca) f
• Czech: tlučhuba (cs) m, tlachal m, žvanil m
• Finnish: suupaltti (fi), suurisuu, hölöttäjä, papupata (fi)
• French: grande gueule (fr) f
• Galician: falabarato (gl) m or f
• German: Großmaul (de) n (making exaggerated claims), Plappermaul n (talking too much), Schnacker m (regional)
• Irish: cabaire m, béalastán m
• Italian: chiacchierone (it) m, linguaccia (it) f, lingua lunga f
• Korean: 입 가벼운 사람 (ip gabyeoun saram)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: چەنەباز (çenebaz)

• Portuguese: linguarudo (pt)
• Russian: дли́нный язы́к (ru) (dlínnyj jazýk) (lit: long tongue)
• Spanish: bocazas (es) m or f, hocicón (es) m, hocicona (es) f, bocón (es) m, bocachancla