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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
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Overly talkative, insolent, and loud.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, from mouth (n.) + -y (2).
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.