[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.
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She must burst or blab. --Dryden.
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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.
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For who will open himself to a blab or a babbler.
--Bacon.
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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.
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And yonder a vile physician blabbing
The case of his patient. --Tennyson.
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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]