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GAB
chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie
(noun) light informal conversation for social occasions
yak, gab
(verb) talk profusely; “she was yakking away about her grandchildren”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gab (countable and uncountable, plural gabs)
Idle chatter.
The mouth or gob.
One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.
Synonyms
• See also talkative
Verb
gab (third-person singular simple present gabs, present participle gabbing, simple past and past participle gabbed)
(intransitive, obsolete) To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie.
(intransitive) To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.
(transitive, obsolete) To speak or tell falsely.
Anagrams
• ABG, AGB, BGA, GBA, bag
Noun
GAB (countable and uncountable, plural GABs)
(psychology) Initialism of gender-atypical behavior.
Proper noun
Gab
A diminutive of the given name Gabriel.
Anagrams
• ABG, AGB, BGA, GBA, bag
Source: Wiktionary
Gab, n. Etym: [Cf. Gaff.] (Steam Engine)
Definition: The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric.
Gab, n. Etym: [OE. gabbe gabble, mocking, fr. Icel. gabb mocking, mockery, or OF. gab, gabe; perh. akin to E. gape, or gob. Cf. Gab, v. i., Gibber.]
Definition: The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness. [Colloq.] Gift of gab, facility of expression. [Colloq.]
Gab, v. i. Etym: [OE. gabben to jest, lie, mock, deceive, fr. Icel. gabba to mock, or OF. gaber. See 2d Gab, and cf. Gabble.]
1. To deceive; to lie. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To talk idly; to prate; to chatter. Holinshed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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