to speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
boniface
Noun
the owner or manager of an inn
bachelor-at-arms
Noun
a knight of the lowest order
banneret
Noun
a knight honored for valor
bargeman
Noun
someone who operates a barge
bargee
Noun
someone who operates a barge
birthing coach
Noun
an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes
bigwig
Noun
the most important person in a group or undertaking
blood relation
Noun
one related by blood or origin
blood relative
Noun
one related by blood or origin
bibliothec
Noun
a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services
brothel keeper
Noun
a woman who runs a house of prostitution
board member
Noun
a member of a governing board
blusterer
Noun
a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly
big leaguer
Noun
a member of a major-league baseball team
bedlamite
Noun
an archaic term for a lunatic
brain doctor
Noun
a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it
brain surgeon
Noun
someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain)
bush leaguer
Noun
a player on a minor-league baseball team
bagpiper
Noun
someone who plays the bagpipe
buccaneer
Noun
someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
buccaneer
Verb
to live like a buccaneer
boor
Noun
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
buck private
Noun
an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
bawd
Noun
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
backslider
Noun
someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
bookman
Noun
a learned person (especially in the humanities)
billionaire
Noun
a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at more than a billion dollars
blackleg
Noun
someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
blackleg
Verb
to take the place of work of someone on strike
bellower
Noun
someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
birdbrain
Noun
a person with confused ideas
ballyhoo artist
Noun
someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention
bugger
Noun
someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
bugger
Verb
to practice anal sex upon
big spender
Noun
one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment
backup man
Noun
someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
ballad maker
Noun
a composer of words or music for popular songs
better half
Noun
a person's partner in marriage
blabbermouth
Noun
someone who gossips indiscreetly
bad hat
Noun
someone who deliberately stirs up trouble
bank clerk
Noun
an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
bambino
Noun
a young child
baddie
Noun
the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
bellyacher
Noun
a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
beefeater
Noun
officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
bumpkin
Noun
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
bandwagon effect
Noun
the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity
brisance
Noun
the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion
butterfly effect
Noun
the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago