Gab \Gab\ (g[a^]b), n. [Cf. Gaff.] (Steam Engine)
The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap.
See. Illust. of Eccentric.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gab \Gab\, n. [OE. gabbe gabble, mocking, fr. Icel. gabb
mocking, mockery, or OF. gab, gabe; perh. akin to E. gape, or
gob. Cf. Gab, v. i., Gibber.]
The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk;
loquaciousness. [Colloq.]
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Gift of gab, facility of expression. [Colloq.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gab \Gab\, v. i. [OE. gabben to jest, lie, mock, deceive, fr.
Icel. gabba to mock, or OF. gaber. See 2d Gab, and cf.
Gabble.]
1. To deceive; to lie. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. To talk idly; to prate; to chatter. --Holinshed.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gab
n : light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: chitchat,
small talk, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin-wag,
chin-wagging, causerie]
WordNet (r) 2.0
121 Moby Thesaurus words for "gab":
accents, babble, babblement, balderdash, balls, bavardage, bazoo,
bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blarney, blather, blether,
blethers, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, cackle, caquet, caqueterie,
chaps, chat, chatter, chitter-chatter, chops, clack, clatter,
comment, conversation, converse, crap, declaim, discourse, dither,
drivel, elocution, embouchure, eyewash, flummery, gabble, garbage,
gas, gibber, gibble-gabble, go on, gob, gobbledygook, gossip, guff,
gush, haver, hogwash, hot air, idle talk, jabber, jaw, jaws, jowls,
kisser, language, lips, mandibles, maw, maxilla, mere talk,
moonshine, mouth, mug, mumbo-jumbo, mush, muzzle, natter, nonsense,
nonsense talk, oral cavity, oral communication, palaver, parole,
patter, piffle, poppycock, pour forth, prate, prating, prattle,
premaxilla, prittle-prattle, ramble on, rapping, rattle, rattle on,
reel off, rot, rubbish, run on, shit, speak, speaking, speech,
spout, spout off, stuff and nonsense, talk, talk away,
talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, talking, tittle-tattle,
trap, twaddle, twattle, waffle, wag the tongue, words, yak,
yakkety-yak, yakking, yap
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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