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Gab   /gæb/   Listen
verb
Gab  v. i.  
1.
To deceive; to lie. (Obs.)
2.
To talk idly; to prate; to chatter.


noun
Gab  n.  (Steam Engine) The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap.


Gab  n.  The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness. (Colloq.)
Gift of gab, facility of expression. (Colloq.)





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"Gab" Quotes from Famous Books



... way," he said, "I am going to make a balloon excursion to-morrow. I didn't mention it to the society because these fellows gab so. There'd be a great crowd round, and I'd only have been hampered. When you mean work, the less you say about it beforehand the better. That is what I have always found. Ever up ...
— Tales from Many Sources - Vol. V • Various
... be [1] True to this fraternity; That I will in all obey Rule and order of the lay. Never blow the gab or squeak; [2] Never snitch to bum or beak; [3] But religiously maintain Authority of those who reign Over Stop Hole Abbey green, [4] Be their tawny king, or queen. In their cause alone will fight; Think what ...
— Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs - and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] • John S. Farmer
... of the gab, nothing more and nothing less. What has your knack of fine talking to do with the truth, any more than playing the organ has? I've never been in your church; but I've been to your political meetings; and I've seen you do what's called rousing the meeting to enthusiasm: that is, you ...
— Candida • George Bernard Shaw
... "Stow your gab!" snarled the navvy. "Here's the rum all gettin' loose." Picking up the bottle he took a pull of what was left in it. "Here's the bag, parson," he whispered, pulling a black linen bag from his pocket. "We haven't made much noise ...
— The Firm of Girdlestone • Arthur Conan Doyle
... bishop declared, with grim emphasis. "We must dispose of this fellow's pretensions once for all. It is preposterous that a professional baseball player and street-car conductor should aspire to become mayor of Warwick. An orator? Nonsense! Just a paltry gift of the gab. Balaam's is n't the only ass whose mouth the Lord in his inscrutable wisdom has seen fit ...
— The Mayor of Warwick • Herbert M. Hopkins


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