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

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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

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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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