blab
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blab
- /blæb/
Rhymes with -æb
Where it comes from
From Middle English blabben (“to talk foolishly”), perhaps from Middle English blabbe (“idle talk; talebearer”). Compare Middle English blaberen (“to blabber, babble”), Middle High German blabezen (“to stammer, babble”).
verb blabs · blabbing · blabbed
- To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion. blab about something
- to speak carelessly or excessively
noun blabs
- One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale; a gossip or gossiper. "You'd better have shoved your grey snout in a hornets' nest, Badger, than suggest that I am the blab," said Nikabrik.
- Gossip; prattle. Audie never liked him because he was further in with old Craig than he was, bragging and blowing about his work and the things he could do, while Audie sat quiet as a mouse listening to his blab.
