earbasher

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ear +‎ basher

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (AU)(file)

Noun[edit]

earbasher (plural earbashers)

  1. (Australia, slang) A person who talks or complains a lot; a chatterbox or nagger.
    • 2011, Patricia Shaw, Waiting for the Thunder: A vivid Australian saga of strength and survival:
      Yorkey had met men like Dodds before, earbashers, kingsized earbashers, but he gave him another smoke and listened to all the dreary tales, hoping there'd come a mention of Jimmy Moon.
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