Definition of gabs Gabs

Ga•b•s

We found 3 definitions of gabs from 2 different sources.

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What does gabs mean?

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  • gabs (Noun)
    Plural of gab.

Part of speech

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  • gabs, verb, present, 3rd person singular of gab (infinitive).
  • gabs, noun, plural of gab.

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

gab - light informal conversation for social occasions
  chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie
  confab, schmoose, schmooze, confabulation, chat (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered

Verb

gabs, gabbing, gabbed  

gab - talk profusely; "she was yakking away about her grandchildren"
  yak
  intercommunicate, communicate be interconnected, afford passage; "These rooms intercommunicate"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • gab (n.)
    The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric.
  • gab (v. i.)
    The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness.
  • gab (v. i.)
    To deceive; to lie.
  • gab (v. i.)
    To talk idly; to prate; to chatter.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • gab
    gab, v.i. (coll.) to chatter, prate.—n. idle talk, prattling: a jest, a witticism: (Scot.) the mouth.—n. Gab′ber, jabber.—adj. Gab′by, garrulous.—Gift of the gab, a talent for talking
  • gab
    gab, v.i. to brag. [O. Fr. gabber, to mock.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book

  • gab
    A notch on the eccentric rod of a steam-engine for fitting a pin in the gab-lever to break the connection with the slide-valves. (See GABBE.)
  • gab
    See GRAB.

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • gab
    The mouth. Gift of the gab; a facility of speech, nimble tongued eloquence. To blow the gab; to confess, or peach.
  • gab
    A bridle.

Part of speech

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  • gab, verb, present, 1st person singular of gab (infinitive).
  • gab, verb (infinitive).
  • gab, noun, singular of gabs.

Pronunciation

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