Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Given to indiscreet or incessant talk.
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- adjective
Indiscreet .
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Examples
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An hour earlier Nance had called the loose-lipped chief of staff and summoned him to his ranch.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #1 Vince Flynn 1997
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Can such plays as "The Deep Blue Sea" ever make sense in a land of loose-lipped exhibitionists who long for nothing more than to go on TV and chitchat about their sex lives?
Terence Rattigan, Forgotten Centenarian Terry Teachout 2011
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For all the rumors loose-lipped generals were spreading in 2007 about conflicts among silovik factions, almost none cast Putin as less than a powerful commander.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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In honor of the loose-lipped VP, today we look at a series of his best quotes excerpted from the book 'Sh*t My Vice President Says'.
WATCH: 'Sh*t My Vice President Says' The Huffington Post 2011
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For all the rumors loose-lipped generals were spreading in 2007 about conflicts among silovik factions, almost none cast Putin as less than a powerful commander.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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GC: He was a lot more loose-lipped than I would have wanted him to be had I been Neil Baldwin [recently retired executive director of the National Book Foundation] or somebody on that jury.
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What they don't know is that the loose-lipped woman hanging on my arm is only teasing me.
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But from a new loose-lipped caretaker, you hear that “Watch the beach ball,” was Glen's recent directive, as if he thought you might paint it with symbols or put your predetermined death date on it, which is why you tell her the whole conflated, deflated story of recovering the beach ball.
Beachball, Kentucky Heather Fowler 2011
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"He was too loose-lipped with the Americans," Mr. Yassini said.
Karzai Pushes for End to Raids on Homes Yaroslav Trofimov 2011
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For all the rumors loose-lipped generals were spreading in 2007 about conflicts among silovik factions, almost none cast Putin as less than a powerful commander.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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