blab

[ blab ]
/ blæb /
Informal.
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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

Words nearby blab

bks., bkt., bl, bl lac object, bl., blab, blabber, blabbermouth, black, black acacia, black alder

Words related to blabber

babble, prattle, jabber, nonsense, gabble

Example sentences from the Web for blabber

  • You learn a lesson in any case: To blabber is human, to button divine.

    Your Horoscopes |Starsky + Cox |May 21, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

  • If you like to tell me more, you can do it quite safely; I'm no blabber, and I'm not a rascal.

    In the Year of Jubilee |George Gissing

  • Just as soon as a woman reads a book, she's got to talk highfurlutin' blabber.

    A Yankee from the West |Opie Read

  • He is no blabber, to divulge secrets committed to his bosom for security by confiding friendship.

    Talkers |John Bate

British Dictionary definitions for blabber (1 of 2)

blabber
/ (ˈblæbə) /

noun

a person who blabs
idle chatter

verb

(intr) to talk without thinking; chatter

Word Origin for blabber

C15 blabberen, probably of imitative origin

British Dictionary definitions for blabber (2 of 2)

blab
/ (blæb) /

verb blabs, blabbing or blabbed

to divulge (secrets) indiscreetly
(intr) to chatter thoughtlessly; prattle

noun

a less common word for blabber (def. 1), blabber (def. 2)

Derived forms of blab

blabbing, noun, adjective

Word Origin for blab

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