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gab

1  [gab] verb, gabbed, gab⋅bing, noun Informal.
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–verb (used without object)
1. to talk or chat idly; chatter.
–noun
2. idle talk; chatter.
Origin:
1780–90; appar. expressive var. of gob 4 ; cf. gabble

Related forms:
gabber, noun

Synonyms:
1. chitchat, gossip, visit; yak, rap, schmooze.
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gab   (gāb)   
intr.v.   gabbed, gab·bing, gabs
To talk idly or incessantly, as about trivial matters.
n.  Idle talk; chatter.

[Middle English gabben, to scoff, speak foolishly, from Old Norse gabba, to scoff.]
gab'ber n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
gab [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!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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 1681.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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