blab
/blab
/verb (blabs, blabbing, blabbed) [no object] informal
1Reveal secrets by indiscreet talk: she blabbed to the press [with object]: there’s no need to blab the whole story...
- She can't go blabbing out secrets after the third round of drinks.
- Apparently, he had blabbed out to the whole school that Sean was my boyfriend.
- That's how long it had been since he'd blabbed about the whole movie theater incident.
Synonyms
talk, give the game/show away, open one's mouth, tell
informal let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans
British informal blow the gaff, cough
blurt out, let slip, let out, tell, reveal, betray, disclose, give away, divulge, leak, take/blow the lid off, blow something wide open
informal let on, spill
1.1Talk foolishly or mindlessly: they blab on about responsibility...
- They blab on about this header and that corner, about free kicks, fouls, yellow cards, and sendings off and about players being offside.
- These guys know how to write a catchy tune, but, occasionally, his lyrics tend to blab on about the typical whiny stuff too much.
- But anyways, I don't really want to blab on and on.
noun
A person who blabs: Sam should not have gone soft on a blab who squealed...
- Anyhoo, it annoys me when the blabs plump for the same stuff.
- We thought it was a good deal; Grandma could smoke her cigars in Edith's face and catch up on all the daily gossip since Edith was a big blab.
Origin
Middle English (as a noun): probably of Germanic origin; ultimately imitative.
Rhymes
- superradiant
- super-rat
- super-rational
- super-real
- super-realism
- super-realist
- superrealistic
- superreality
- superregeneration
- superregenerative
- superregenerator
- super-rich
- superrotate
- predestinationism
- predestinationist
- predestinative
- predestinator
- predestinatory
- predestine
- predestiny
- predeterminability
- predeterminable
- predeterminant
- predeterminate
- predetermination