Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blab"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blab \Blab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blabbed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Blabbing}.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan. blabbre, G. plappern,
Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of imitative origin. Cf.
also {Blubber}, v.]
To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner;
to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or
discretion. --Udall.
And yonder a vile physician blabbing The case of his
patient. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blab \Blab\, v. i.
To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to
tell tales.
She must burst or blab. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blab \Blab\, n. [OE. blabbe.]
One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale. ``Avoided as a blab.''
--Milton.
For who will open himself to a blab or a babbler.
--Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blab
v 1: divulge information or secrets; spill the beans; "Be
careful--his secretary talks" [syn: {talk}, {tattle}, {peach},
{babble}, {sing}, {babble out}, {blab out}] [ant: {keep
quiet}]
2: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: {chatter}, {piffle}, {palaver}, {prate}, {tittle-tattle},
{twaddle}, {clack}, {maunder}, {prattle}, {gibber}, {tattle},
{blabber}, {gabble}]
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