gab

Meaning of gab

verb
  1. talk at length, typically about trivial matters.
    Franny walked past a woman gabbing on the phone
    it seems they were too busy gabbing about their weekend to actually help a customer
noun
  1. talk; chatter.
    fans should prefer her smooth delivery to the gab prevalent around the league

late Middle English: probably from an obsolete word with the same spelling meaning ‘mock, scoff, tell lies’.

Information about gab

Hyphenation of gab

gab

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • gab is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

gab synonyms

Meaning chitchat:

chitchat, gabfest, gossip, causerie

Meaning talk informally about unimportant matters:

chatter, chattering

Meaning talk in a friendly and informal way:

chat, chatting

Meaning speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by spoken words:

talk

Meaning talk rapidly and unintelligibly:

gabble, gabbling

Meaning talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way:

babble

Meaning talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way:

prattle

Meaning talk in a rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible way:

jabber, jabbering

Meaning talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense:

blather

Meaning reveal secrets by indiscreet talk:

blab

Meaning a large domesticated wild ox with shaggy hair, humped shoulders, and large horns, used in Tibet as a pack animal and for its milk, meat, and hide:

yak

Meaning chatter:

yabber, yabbering

Meaning talk incessantly; chatter:

yatter

Meaning talk foolishly or incessantly:

yammer

Meaning talk foolishly, indiscreetly, or excessively:

blabber

Meaning used to refer to something which is boring or without meaningful content:

blah

Meaning talk at length; chatter:

jaw

Meaning kill or harm by exposure to gas:

gas

Meaning speak at length about trivial matters:

witter, wittering

Meaning hunt rabbits:

rabbit

Meaning talk or grumble monotonously:

chunter, chuntering

Meaning talk casually, especially on unimportant matters; chat:

natter

Meaning speak or write at length in a vague or trivial manner:

waffle

Meaning a magazine (periodical):

mag

Meaning talk or write in a trivial or foolish way:

twaddle

Meaning make a sharp sound or series of sounds as a result of a hard object striking another:

clack

Meaning talk in a trivial or foolish way:

twattle

Meaning long-winded talk with no real substance:

blether

Meaning unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense:

gibberish

Meaning nonsense:

drivel

Meaning the action of talking; speech or discussion:

talking

Meaning engage in gossip:

gossiping

Meaning the action or fact of talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way:

babbling

Meaning talk foolishly or at tedious length about something:

prating

Meaning the activity of walking in the countryside for pleasure:

rambling

Meaning a kind of soft woven fabric, typically made of wool or cotton and slightly milled and raised:

flannel

Anagrams of gab

BAg, bag

Words that rhyme with gab

Gab, gabgab, widegab, bafflegab, nashgab, forgab

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