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1   [gab] verb, gabbed, gab·bing, noun Informal.
verb (used without object)
1.
to talk or chat idly; chatter.
noun
2.
idle talk; chatter.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Origin:
1780–90; apparently expressive variant of gob4; compare gabble

Related forms
gab·ber, noun

Synonyms
1. chitchat, gossip, visit; yak, rap, schmooze.

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gab1 (ɡæb)
 
—vb , gabs, gabbing, gabbed
1.  (intr) to talk excessively or idly, esp about trivial matters; gossip; chatter
 
—n
2.  idle or trivial talk
3.  gift of the gab ability to speak effortlessly, glibly, or persuasively
 
[C18: variant of Northern dialect gob mouth, probably from Irish Gaelic gob beak, mouth]
 
'gabber1
 
—n

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gab
c.1200, via Scottish and northern England dialect, from O.N. gabba "to mock," or O.Fr. gabber "mock, boast," both probably ultimately imitative. Gabby first attested 1719; gabfest "session of conversation" is 1897 Amer.Eng. slang. Gift of the gab "talent for speaking" is from 1680s.
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gab definition

[gæb]
  1. in.
    to chatter; to gossip. : Can you stop gabbing just for a minute?
  2. n.
    mindless chatter; gossip. : Enough of this gab—on with the show!
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