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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.

Gab Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gab?

[n] light informal conversation for social occasions

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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