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gab

1

[ gab ]

verb (used without object)

gabbed, gabbing.
  1. to talk or chat idly; chatter.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,



noun

  1. idle talk; chatter.

gab

2

[ gab ]

noun

Machinery.
  1. a hook or fork that engages temporarily with a moving rod or lever.

gab

3

[ gab ]

noun

Scot. Slang.

GAB

1

abbreviation for

  1. Gabon (international car registration)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

gab

2

/ 伞忙产 /

verb

  1. intr to talk excessively or idly, esp about trivial matters; gossip; chatter
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. idle or trivial talk
  2. gift of the gab
    ability to speak effortlessly, glibly, or persuasively
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

gab

3

/ 伞忙产 /

noun

  1. a hook or open notch in a rod or lever that drops over the spindle of a valve to form a temporary connection for operating the valve
  2. a pointed tool used in masonry
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞驳补产产别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 驳补产顎僢别谤 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gab1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English noun gab, gabbe 鈥渄eceit, falsehood, idle talk鈥; probably from Old Norse gabba 鈥渢o mock鈥; gabble

Origin of gab2

First recorded in 1790鈥95; origin uncertain; possibly from Dutch dialect gabbe 鈥渘otch, gash鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gab1

C18: variant of Northern dialect gob mouth, probably from Irish Gaelic gob beak, mouth

Origin of gab2

C18: probably from Flemish gabbe notch, gash
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Idioms and Phrases

see gift of gab .
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Example Sentences

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Villarreal: He鈥檚 definitely up to no good, trying to find her weak spot to keep her from gabbing to authorities.

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Later that day, the couples go out for a rather awkward dinner, where the men are taciturn and grumpy and the women gab away.

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Michaels鈥 new friend Paul Simon would often be over, smoking a joint with his host and gabbing away until the wee small hours of the morning.

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It was a running joke that worked every time, but these segments made Kotb feel like a close friend you could gab with over margaritas after work.

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Sure, sometimes coworkers can feel like friends, but that doesn鈥檛 mean you can spend an hour gabbing about last night鈥檚 date.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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