blab

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Middle English blabben (“to talk foolishly”), back-formation from blaberen.

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

blab (third-person singular simple present blabs, present participle blabbing, simple past and past participle blabbed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
    • Tennyson
      And yonder a vile physician blabbing / The case of his patient.

Translations [edit]

tell tales

Synonyms [edit]

Noun [edit]

blab (plural blabs)

  1. One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale; a gossip or gossiper.

Translations [edit]

gossip — see gossip

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