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blab

[ blab ]

verb (used with object)

, blabbed, blab·bing.
  1. to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly:

    They blabbed my confidences to everyone.



verb (used without object)

, blabbed, blab·bing.
  1. 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

  1. idle, indiscreet chattering.
  2. a person who blabs; blabbermouth.

blab

/ blæb /

verb

  1. to divulge (secrets) indiscreetly
  2. intr to chatter thoughtlessly; prattle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a less common word for blabber blabber
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈblabbing, nounadjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blab1

1325–75; Middle English blabbe (noun), perhaps back formation from blaberen to blabber; cognate with Old Norse blabbra, German plappern
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blab1

C14: of Germanic origin; compare Old High German blabbizōn , Icelandic blabbra
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Example Sentences

The issue of how long a human voice can actually blab has not been studied in the same way.

For someone in the blab business, she could be remarkably discreet.

Then the banker he say, 'And you will go and blab, I suppose?'

If ye blab a word to anyone, ye'll git me in trouble, an' I'll crush ye as willin' as I'd swat a fly.

Between ourselves—mind, don't blab it out—young men are the greatest noodles that were ever put upon the face of the earth.

They don't know where I'm gone,—not one of them; and I've a great mind not to tell them, if you wouldn't blab.

Don't you say sich things against me, or I'll blab—sure as death!

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