gab /ɡæb/noun 3verb 3forms 4phrases 1 noun3 •Idle chatter. •The mouth or gob. •One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.Loose eccentric reversing gear gave way about 1836 to the early forms of gab motion. [...] In 1840 Stephenson evolved a motion in which the gabs were connected directly to the valve spindle. — 1940 verb3 •To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects."That Mrs. Mender gives a bloke the ear-ache; thinks a bloke's got all day to waste listening to her gab." — 1938 •(no longer used) To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie.He would chant his own doughty deeds, and “gab,” as the Norman word was, in painful earnest, while they gabbed only in sport, and outvied each other in impossible fanfaronades” — 1866 •(no longer used) To speak or tell falsely. formsgabbed · gabbing · gabs · GABs Phrases with gab gift of the gabThe ability to talk readily, glibly, and convincingly, especially on trivial matters and small talk.
GAB noun 1forms 1phrases 1 noun1 •Initialism of gender-atypical behavior. formsGABs Phrases with GAB gift of the gabThe ability to talk readily, glibly, and convincingly, especially on trivial matters and small talk.