gab

verb

/ɡæb/

[intransitive] (informal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they gab	/ɡæb/ /ɡæb/
he / she / it gabs	/ɡæbz/ /ɡæbz/
past simple gabbed	/ɡæbd/ /ɡæbd/
past participle gabbed	/ɡæbd/ /ɡæbd/
-ing form gabbing	/ˈɡæbɪŋ/ /ˈɡæbɪŋ/

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to talk for a long time about things that are not important
- They’ve been gabbing on the phone for nearly two hours.
Word Originearly 18th cent.: variant of gob ‘mouth’.

noun

/ɡæb/

Idioms

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Word Originearly 18th cent.: variant of gob ‘mouth’.

Idioms

the gift of the gab (British English)

(US English a gift for/of gab)

(informal, sometimes disapproving) the ability to speak easily and to persuade other people with your words
- Joe’s got the gift of the gab—he can sell anything.
Topics Discussion and agreementc2

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