blab
to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly: They blabbed my confidences to everyone.
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.
idle, indiscreet chattering.
a person who blabs; blabbermouth.
Origin of blab
1- Also blab·ber [blab-er]. /ˈblæb ər/.
Words Nearby blab
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How to use blab in a sentence
The issue of how long a human voice can actually blab has not been studied in the same way.
For someone in the blab business, she could be remarkably discreet.
Then the banker he say, 'And you will go and blab, I suppose?'
Stories in Light and Shadow | Bret HarteIf ye blab a word to anyone, ye'll git me in trouble, an' I'll crush ye as willin' as I'd swat a fly.
Mary Louise in the Country | L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)Between ourselves—mind, don't blab it out—young men are the greatest noodles that were ever put upon the face of the earth.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 | Various
They don't know where I'm gone,—not one of them; and I've a great mind not to tell them, if you wouldn't blab.
Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) | Charles LeverDon't you say sich things against me, or I'll blab—sure as death!
Dead Man's Love | Tom Gallon
British Dictionary definitions for blab
/ (blæb) /
to divulge (secrets) indiscreetly
(intr) to chatter thoughtlessly; prattle
a less common word for blabber (def. 1), blabber (def. 2)
Origin of blab
1Derived forms of blab
- blabbing, noun, adjective
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