magpie
noun
1 magpie
Long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call.
Dutch: ekster
Polish: sroka
2 magpie
Someone who collects things that have been discarded by others.
synonyms: pack rat, scavenger.
Dutch: zwartrugfluitvogel, ekster
3 magpie
An obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker.
synonyms: babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, prater, spouter.
Roget 584:
loquacity,
loquaciousness;
talkativeness
etc.
adj.;
garrulity;
multiloquence†,
much speaking.
jaw;
gabble;
jabber,
chatter;
prate,
prattle,
cackle,
clack;
twaddle,
twattle,
rattle;
caquet†,
caquetterie [Fr.];
blabber,
bavardage†,
bibble-babble†,
gibble-gabble†;
small talk
etc.
(converse)
588.
fluency,
flippancy,
volubility,
flowing,
tongue;
flow of words;
flux de bouche [Fr.],
flux de mots [Fr.];
copia verborum [Lat.],
cacoethes loquendi [Lat.];
furor loquendi [Lat.];
verbosity
etc.
(diffuseness)
573;
gift of the gab
etc.
(eloquence)
582.
talker;
chatterer,
chatterbox;
babbler
etc.
v.;
rattle;
ranter;
sermonizer,
proser†,
driveler;
blatherskite [U.S.];
gossip
etc.
(converse)
588;
magpie,
jay,
parrot,
poll,
Babel;
moulin a paroles [Fr.].
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Dutch: kletsmajoor, kwebbel, zwammer, woordenkakker, zwetser, kletsmeier, kletskous, flapuit, leuteraar, babbelkous, keuvelaar ... show more
Polish: gaduĊa
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