Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blabbing"

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.


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