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Gab

Gab Meaning & Definition
Gab Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gab?

[n] light informal conversation for social occasions

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gab: causerie | chin-wag | chin-wagging | chitchat | gabfest | gossip | small talk | tittle-tattle

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gab: accents | babble | babblement | balderdash | balls | bavardage | bazoo | bibble-babble | blab | blabber | blah-blah | blarney | blather | blether | blethers | bull | bullshit | bunk | bunkum | cackle | caquet | caqueterie | chaps | chat | chatter | chitter-chatter | chops | clack | clatter | comment | conversation | converse | crap | declaim | discourse | dither | drivel | elocution | embouchure | eyewash | flummery | gabble | garbage | gas | gibber | gibble-gabble | go on | gob | gobbledygook | gossip | guff | gush | haver | hogwash | hot air | idle talk | jabber | jaw | jaws | jowls | kisser | language | lips | mandibles | maw | maxilla | mere talk | moonshine | mouth | mug | mumbo-jumbo | mush | muzzle | natter | nonsense | nonsense talk | oral cavity | oral communication | palaver | parole | patter | piffle | poppycock | pour forth | prate | prating | prattle | premaxilla | prittle-prattle | ramble on | rapping | rattle | rattle on | reel off | rot | rubbish | run on | shit | speak | speaking | speech | spout | spout off | stuff and nonsense | talk | talk away | talk nonsense | talk on | talkee-talkee | talking | tittle-tattle | trap | twaddle | twattle | waffle | wag the tongue | words | yak | yakkety-yak | yakking | yap

See Also | chat | confab | confabulation | schmoose | schmooze

Gab In Webster's Dictionary

\Gab\, n. [Cf. {Gaff}.] (Steam Engine) The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of {Eccentric}.
\Gab\, n. [OE. gabbe gabble, mocking, fr. Icel. gabb mocking, mockery, or OF. gab, gabe; perh. akin to E. gape, or gob. Cf. {Gab}, v. i., {Gibber}.] The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness. [Colloq.] {Gift of gab}, facility of expression. [Colloq.]
\Gab\, v. i. [OE. gabben to jest, lie, mock, deceive, fr. Icel. gabba to mock, or OF. gaber. See 2d {Gab}, and cf. {Gabble}.] 1. To deceive; to lie. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To talk idly; to prate; to chatter. --Holinshed.

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