blab

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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.

Origin of blab

1
1325–75; Middle English blabbe (noun), perhaps back formation from blaberen to blabber; cognate with Old Norse blabbra,German plappern
  • Also blab·ber [blab-er]. /ˈblæb ər/.

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British Dictionary definitions for blab

blab

/ (blæb) /


verbblabs, blabbing or blabbed
  1. to divulge (secrets) indiscreetly

  2. (intr) to chatter thoughtlessly; prattle

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

Origin of blab

1
C14: of Germanic origin; compare Old High German blabbizōn, Icelandic blabbra

Derived forms of blab

  • blabbing, noun, adjective

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