gab

Meaning

Noun

1. Idle chatter.
2. The mouth or gob.
3. One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie.
2. To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.
3. (obsolete) To speak or tell falsely.

Synonyms

chatter

jabber

gabble

babble

chitchat

prattle

gossip

twaddle

small talk

chat

gabfest

palaver

prate

talk

🗣️

talkativeness

yammer

chin wagging

spiel

natter

garrulousness

gibber

tittle tattle

garrulity

talk idly

tittle-tattle

witter

chew the fat

chin-wagging

chin-wag

yak

cackle

causerie

chin wag

prittle prattle

tattle

rattle on

schmoose

blab

verbalism

verbalization

verbiage

verboseness

waffle

🧇

yack

chit-chat

yap

confab

talk nonsense

yapp

shmooze

speak nonsense

babblement

rattle away

chin

chaffer

claptrap

verbosity

idle talk

burble

loquacity

maw

mouth

mutter

nonsense

chit chat

blather

rabbit on

rattle

rhetoric

schmooze

blabber

shmoose

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡæb/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English gab, gabbe, from Old Norse gabb (“jest, mockery”) (whence also Old French gab, gap (“mockery, derision, scorn”)). Cognate with Icelandic gabb (“hoax”).