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Prone to talking back
Answer for the clue "Prone to talking back ", 6 letters:
mouthy
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Word definitions for mouthy in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, from mouth (n.) + -y (2).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Overly talkative, insolent, and loud.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a mouthy 13-year-old girl EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I was mouthy but that was about it. ▪ Like when he'd pushed that mouthy girl under the Whirli Go Round.
Usage examples of mouthy.
Mary was all right, even if she was a bit of a snob, Nuala was a mouthy bitch, but she was a good girl all the same.
Even Rintoul, a mouthy kid at the best of times, though a good shot and loyal, had shut up.
The servant stood motionless, a rotund, mouthy statue with an obstinate stare, only his trembling moustache a sign of his displeasure.
He stalked away, muttering dire threats about turning mouthy figureheads into firewood.
Both Siret and Istril turned toward the mouthy guard, and Berlis stammered, "The marshal.
I said, even though the thought of mouthy little children getting into things made me have second thoughts about what I was saying.