Definition
The practice or characteristic of being overly talkative, especially with respect to inadvertently revealing information which is private or confidential.
In Context
- "Loose lips might sink ships."
- "In the classic dramas of private investigation, the cheeky quip is the tough guy's challenge to toughness. In Fletch the quick, smartly paced gags somehow read as signs of vulnerability. . . . Every minute you expect the hero's loose lip to be turned into a fat one."
- "Poor fellow, he had "cemented my reputation forever as a guy who tells too much truth." . . . But his loose lip has ultimately worked out for him."
Also Said As
- big mouth
- loquaciousness
See Also
- silence is golden
- talk out of turn