The meaning of Garrulous

noun

The action or fact of talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

The constant babbling of the kids

adjective

Talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

The noise of babbling tourists

verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday

noun

The action of talking long-windedly without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

Now stop your blathering and get back to work

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

She began blathering on about spirituality and life after death

verb

Present participle of blather

Usage examples:

What on earth are you blathering on about?, stop blathering, woman!

verb

Talk informally about unimportant matters.

Usage examples:

She was chattering about her holiday

noun

Informal talk.

Usage examples:

He was full of inconsequential but amusing chatter

noun

A series of short, quick high-pitched sounds.

Usage examples:

The starlings' constant chatter

adjective

Showing or expressing gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.

Usage examples:

An effusive welcome

adjective

Strongly expressed, or expressed with a lot of emotion

Usage examples:

Carville delivered his message to reporters in his typical effusive, arm-waving style.

adjective

About to happen or appear.

Usage examples:

The forthcoming cricket season

adjective

Happening soon

Usage examples:

The forthcoming conference, he has not been forthcoming about the details of his contract., no expl…

verb

Engage in gossip.

Usage examples:

They would start gossiping about her as soon as she left

noun

Casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true.

Usage examples:

He became the subject of much local gossip

verb

Present participle of gossip

Usage examples:

Stop gossiping and do your work., people have started to gossip about us.

adjective

Characterized by casual conversation or reports about other people.

Usage examples:

His latest book is a gossipy memoir

adjective

Full of gossip (= conversation or reports about other people's private lives that might be unkind or not true)

Usage examples:

A gossipy letter, he told me a gossipy anecdote about the late princess., gossipy people, he dismis…

adjective

(of speech or writing) effusive or exaggeratedly enthusiastic.

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Gushing praise

verb

(of a liquid) flow out of something in a rapid and plentiful stream.

Usage examples:

Water gushed out of the washing machine

adjective

Expressing a positive feeling, especially praise, in such a strong way that it does not sound sincere

Usage examples:

One of the more gushing newspapers described the occasion as "a fairy-tale wedding".

verb

Talk in a rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

He jabbered on about football

noun

Rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible speech.

Usage examples:

Now, if you're going to fight me, stop the jibber jabber and let's get started!

noun

Rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible speech.

Usage examples:

Now, if you're going to fight me, stop the jibber jabber and let's get started!

idiom

Using or containing too many words

adjective

(of speech or writing) continuing at tedious length.

Usage examples:

A long-winded question

adjective

Capable of doing something for a long time without becoming breathless.

adjective

Tending to talk a great deal; talkative.

Usage examples:

Never loquacious, sarah was now totally lost for words

adjective

Having the habit of talking a lot

verb

Talk foolishly or at tedious length about something.

Usage examples:

I heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half

verb

Present participle of prate

Usage examples:

Inevitably there's some caller prating on about the decline in moral standards.

verb

Talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.

Usage examples:

She began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist

noun

Foolish or inconsequential talk.

Usage examples:

Do you intend to keep up this childish prattle?

verb

Present participle of prattle

Usage examples:

She'd have prattled on about her new job for the whole afternoon if i'd let her., stop your prattli…

adjective

Fond of or given to talking.

Usage examples:

The talkative driver hadn't stopped chatting

adjective

Using or expressed in more words than are needed.

Usage examples:

Much academic language is obscure and verbose

adjective

Using or containing more words than are necessary

Usage examples:

A verbose explanation/report/speech/style, he was a notoriously verbose after-dinner speaker.

adjective

(of a person) talking fluently, readily, or incessantly.

Usage examples:

A voluble game-show host

adjective

Speaking a lot, with confidence and enthusiasm

Usage examples:

She was a voluble, smart, funny interviewee., two people walked by having a voluble argument.