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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. divulge confidential information or secrets;
- Example: "Be careful--his secretary talks"
[syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out]

2. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly;
[syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Blab \Blab\, v. i. To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales. [1913 Webster] She must burst or blab. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Blab \Blab\, n. [OE. blabbe.] One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale. "Avoided as a blab." --Milton. [1913 Webster] For who will open himself to a blab or a babbler. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Blab \Blab\ (bl[a^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blabbed (bl[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Blabbing.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan. blabbre, G. plappern, Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. also Blubber, v.] To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion; -- sometimes used with out. --Udall. [1913 Webster] And yonder a vile physician blabbing The case of his patient. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

blab v 1: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful-- his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth] 2: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]