BLABBER

informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber

(noun) one who reveals confidential information in return for money

chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble

(verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

blabber (third-person singular simple present blabbers, present participle blabbering, simple past and past participle blabbered)

To blather; to talk foolishly or incoherently.

To blab; to reveal a secret.

(UK, obsolete) To stick out one's tongue.

Synonyms

• (to talk foolishly): See also prattle

• (to let out a secret): See also rat out

Noun

blabber (plural blabbers)

A person who blabs; a tattler; a telltale.

Synonyms

• See also gossiper

Anagrams

• babbler, brabble

Source: Wiktionary


Blab"ber, n.

Definition: A tattler; a telltale.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

31 January 2025

DISPERSION

(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”


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