blab
[blab]Informal.
verb (used with object), blabbed, blab·bing.
to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly: They blabbed my confidences to everyone.
verb (used without object), blabbed, blab·bing.
to talk or chatter indiscreetly or thoughtlessly: Don't confide in him, because he blabs. She blabbed so much I couldn't hear the concert.
noun
idle, indiscreet chattering.
a person who blabs; blabbermouth.
Also blab·ber [blab-er] /ˈblæb ər/.
Origin of blab
1325–75; Middle English blabbe (noun), perhaps back formation from blaberen to blabber; cognate with Old Norse blabbra, German plappern
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Related Words for blab
divulge, disclose, blather, gab, reveal, babble, jabber, spill, gabble, tattle, mouth, betray, yak, prattle, chatter, tell, squeal, peachExamples from the Web for blab
Contemporary Examples of blab
For someone in the blab business, she could be remarkably discreet.
Historical Examples of blab
"It is so easy not to blab when one has nothing to tell," said Jekyl, smiling.
The Daltons, Volume I (of II)Charles James Lever
You an' I ain't got noth'n' to worry about, Ingua—unless you blab.'
Mary Louise in the CountryL. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)
I mean that Dick Prescott and his gang had to go and blab on us!
The Grammar School Boys of GridleyH. Irving Hancock
Should he blab it out, and so be poor again, and lose the crock?
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar TupperMartin Farquhar Tupper
Betsy, if I talk out square you 'll not blab it all 'round the village, will yer?
Wappin' WharfCharles S. Brooks
blab
verb blabs, blabbing or blabbed
noun
Word Origin for blab
C14: of Germanic origin; compare Old High German blabbizōn, Icelandic blabbra
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