Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gab"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gab \Gab\, n. [Cf. {Gaff}.] (Steam Engine)
The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap.
See. Illust. of {Eccentric}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gab \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. [Colloq.]
{Gift of gab}, facility of expression. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gab \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. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. To talk idly; to prate; to chatter. --Holinshed.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gab
n : light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: {chitchat},
{small talk}, {gabfest}, {gossip}, {tittle-tattle}, {chin-wag},
{chin-wagging}, {causerie}]
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