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[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun gab has 1 senses

gab(n = noun.communication) causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle - light informal conversation for social occasions;
is a kind of chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze
Derived form adjective gabby₁

Verb gab has 1 senses

gab(v = verb.communication) yak - talk profusely; "she was yakking away about her grandchildren"
is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

gab, n. [Cf. Gaff.].

The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Gift of gab, facility of expression. [Colloq.]

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. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

2. To talk idly; to prate; to chatter. Holinshed. [1913 Webster]

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

gab, n. colloq. talk, chatter, twaddle.

Idiom:
gift of the gab the facility of speaking eloquently or profusely.

Derivative:
gabber n.

Etymology:
17th-c. var. of GOB(1)

[RELATED WORDS]

gift of gab, line of gab