gab

Plural: gabs

Noun

• light informal conversation for social occasions
• Idle chatter.
• The mouth or gob.
• One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.

Verb

Verb Forms: gabbed, gabbing, gabs

• To talk or chatter excessively; to gossip.
• talk profusely
• To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie.
• To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.
• To speak or tell falsely.

Examples

• While waiting for his turn, he would gab about strategies, sometimes giving away his plans.

Synonyms

causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle, yak

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