gab[verb]Synonyms: chat, babble, chatter, clack, gabble, jaw, prate, prattle, yak, yakety-yak
[noun]Synonyms: chatter, babble, blabber, chat, clack, gabble, jabber, palaver, prattle, yak
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gab /ɡæb/
verb (
past tense and past participle gabbed,
present participle gabbing)
[intransitive + about] informal[
Date: 1700-1800;
Origin: Probably from gabble]
to talk continuously, usually about things that are not important:
You two were gabbing so much you didn’t even see me!—gabby adjective ⇒
the gift of the gab at
gift(5)
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲