Gab

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡæb/
• Rhymes: -æb

Origin

From Middle English gabben, from Old English gabban ("to scoff, mock, delude, jest") and Old Norse gabba ("to mock, make sport of"); both from Proto-Germanic *gabbanÄ… ("to mock, jest"), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- ("to be split, be forked, gape"). Cognate with Scots gab ("to mock, prate"), North Frisian gabben ("to jest, sport"), Middle Dutch gabben ("to mock"), Middle Low German gabben ("to jest, have fun").

Full definition of gab

Noun

1. idle chatter
2. The mouth or gob.
3. One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.

Synonyms

Derived terms

• gabby
• gift of the gab

Verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie.
2. (intransitive) To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To speak or tell falsely.

Anagrams

• AGB
• bag
• BGA
• GBA