blab
verb /blæb/
/blæb/
[intransitive, transitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they blab | /blæb/ /blæb/ |
| he / she / it blabs | /blæbz/ /blæbz/ |
| past simple blabbed | /blæbd/ /blæbd/ |
| past participle blabbed | /blæbd/ /blæbd/ |
| -ing form blabbing | /ˈblæbɪŋ/ /ˈblæbɪŋ/ |
- blab (to somebody) (about something) | blab (something) (to somebody) to tell somebody information that should be kept secret
- Someone must have blabbed to the police.
- Try not to blab the whole story.
Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun): probably of Germanic origin; ultimately imitative.