gab1

[gab] /gæb/
verb (used without object), gabbed, gabbing.
1.
to talk or chat idly; chatter.
noun
2.
idle talk; chatter.
Origin
1780-90; apparently expressive variant of gob4; cf. gabble
Related forms
gabber, noun
Synonyms
1. chitchat, gossip, visit; yak, rap, schmooze.
Examples from the web for gabber
  • The aforementioned two subgenres of gabber differ in essentially one thing the tempo.
British Dictionary definitions for gabber

gab1

/ɡæb/
verb gabs, gabbing, gabbed
1.
(intransitive) to talk excessively or idly, esp about trivial matters; gossip; chatter
noun
2.
idle or trivial talk
3.
gift of the gab, ability to speak effortlessly, glibly, or persuasively
Derived Forms
gabber, noun
Word Origin
C18: variant of Northern dialect gob mouth, probably from Irish Gaelic gob beak, mouth

gab2

/ɡæb/
noun
1.
a hook or open notch in a rod or lever that drops over the spindle of a valve to form a temporary connection for operating the valve
2.
a pointed tool used in masonry
Word Origin
C18: probably from Flemish gabbe notch, gash

GAB

abbreviation
1.
Gabon (international car registration)
Word Origin and History for gabber

gab

v.

"to reproach," c.1200, via Scottish and northern England dialect, from a Scandinavian source, e.g. Old Norse gabba "to mock," or from Old French gabber "mock, boast," both perhaps ultimately imitative. Related: Gabbed; gabbing. Meaning "to talk much" is from 1786, probably a back-formation from gabble.

n.

early 14c., "mockery," from Old French gab, from gaber (see gab (v.)); meaning "idle talk" is from 1737. Gift of the gab "talent for speaking" is from 1680s.

Slang definitions & phrases for gabber

gabber

noun

A talkative person; gasbag, motor-mouth (1793+)


gab

verb

Talk, esp of a long, prattling sort

[1786+; fr Scots or Northern English dialect; perhaps related to the Old French gab, ''mockery, boasting'']


Idioms and Phrases with gabber

gab

see: gift of gab