Gab

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English

Noun

Gab (plural Gabs)
  1. idle chatter
  2. mouth as gob

Notes

Gab in the sense "mouth as gob" was used to specifically describe the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing early steam engines.

Synonyms

Verb

Gab (third-person singular simple present Gabs, present participle gabbing, simple past and past participle gabbed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie.
  2. (intransitive) To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To speak or tell falsely.

Thesaurus

accents, babble, babblement, balderdash, balls, bavardage, bazoo, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blarney, blather, blether, blethers, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, chaps, chat, chatter, chitter-chatter, chops, clack, clatter, comment, conversation, converse, crap, declaim, discourse, dither, drivel, elocution, embouchure, eyewash, flummery, gabble, garbage, gas, gibber, gibble-gabble, go on, gob, gobbledygook, gossip, guff, gush, haver, hogwash, hot air, idle talk, jabber, jaw, jaws, jowls, kisser, language, lips, mandibles, maw, maxilla, mere talk, moonshine, mouth, mug, mumbo-jumbo, mush, muzzle, natter, nonsense, nonsense talk, oral cavity, oral communication, palaver, parole, patter, piffle, poppycock, pour forth, prate, prating, prattle, premaxilla, prittle-prattle, ramble on, rapping, rattle, rattle on, reel off, rot, rubbish, run on, shit, speak, speaking, speech, spout, spout off, stuff and nonsense, talk, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, talking, tittle-tattle, trap, twaddle, twattle, waffle, wag the tongue, words, yak, yakkety-yak, yakking, yap

Etymology

From Middle English gabben, from Old Norse gabba (“to mock, make sport of”), from Proto-Germanic *gabbanan (“to mock, jest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to be split, be forked, gape”). Cognate with North Frisian gabben (“to jest, sport”), Middle Dutch gabben (“to mock”), Middle Low German gabben (“to jest, have fun”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɡæb/
  • Rhymes: -æb

Translations

Noun

Idle chatter

Derived terms

Verb

to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects

Anagrams

Amanab

Noun

gab

  1. a large dove

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse gap, verbal noun to gapa (“to gape”).

Noun

Gab n. (singular definite Gabet, plural indefinite Gab)

  1. mouth, jaws
  2. yawn
  3. gap

Inflection

    Inflection of Gab
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative Gab Gabet Gab Gabene
genitive Gabs Gabets Gabs Gabenes

German

Pronunciation

Verb

gab

  1. First-person singular preterite of geben.
  2. Third-person singular preterite of geben.
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