gab
verb
[ ɡab ]
• talk at length, typically about trivial matters.
• "Franny walked past a woman gabbing on the phone"
Similar:
chatter,
chitter-chatter,
chat,
talk,
gossip,
gabble,
babble,
prattle,
jabber,
blather,
blab,
yak,
yackety-yak,
yabber,
yatter,
yammer,
blabber,
blah,
blah-blah,
jaw,
gas,
shoot one's mouth off,
witter,
rabbit,
chunter,
natter,
waffle,
run off at the mouth,
mag,
twaddle,
clack,
twattle,
gab
noun
• talk; chatter.
• "fans should prefer her smooth delivery to the gab prevalent around the league"
Similar:
chatter,
chat,
talk,
gossip,
blather,
blether,
gibberish,
drivel,
chattering,
chatting,
talking,
gossiping,
jabbering,
babbling,
gabbling,
prating,
rambling,
yak,
yackety-yak,
yabbering,
yatter,
twaddle,
blah,
blah-blah,
wittering,
waffle,
natter,
chuntering,
flannel,
clack,
twattle,
Origin:
late Middle English: probably from an obsolete word with the same spelling meaning ‘mock, scoff, tell lies’.
