blab

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blæb/
  • Rhymes: -æb

Verb

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.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:chatter

Translations

Noun

blab (countable and uncountable, plural blabs)

  1. (countable) One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale; a gossip or gossiper.
  2. (uncountable) Gossip; prattle.

Translations

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