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verb

Definition of blabnext
1
as in to chat
to engage in casual or rambling conversation the two friends can blab for hours on the phone

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2
as in to gossip
to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature he blabs a lot, so never share a secret with him

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blab

2 of 2

noun

as in babble

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Recent Examples of blab
Verb
As with other gray-empowerment films like Thelma, there’s a touch of corniness in María Ángeles’ determination and resilience, which extends to a hint of blackmail to stop the real estate agent from blabbing to Clara. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025 Don’t say that your generic generative AI instantiates professional quality therapy, such as brazenly blabbing so in your marketing materials. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
The unknowing apprentice blabs about red hair and more to Cressida, who then takes the information to blackmail Penelope into paying her a huge sum. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 June 2024 But things turn sour when Eloise blabs about Colin helping Pen to Cressida and another one of the ladies nearby hears it … and well, gossip is meant to be spread right? — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for blab
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blab
  1. chat
  2. gossip
  3. babble
  4. talk
  5. prattle
  6. converse
  7. babbling
  8. jabber
Verb
  • Stay connected with friends, keep the group chat alive and find something else to look forward to.
    — Maria Santana, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Between the initial conversation and the delivery, the AI is always available via text or chat to deal with anything from adding delivery instructions to double-checking order details to even rescheduling a delivery.
    — Satish Natarajan, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of chat
Verb
  • Mary McCarthy gossips more frankly about people Robert Lowell mentions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • If her fellow cast members were debriefed about her dismissal or gossiped amongst themselves, it was not shown onscreen.
    — KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of gossip
Noun
  • Companies modelled after Mary Kay that have reprised empowerment babble for their founders’ gain are mentioned but receive scarce judgment.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
  • The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.
    — Matthew Razak, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of babble
Verb
  • But our readers cannot get a full view of the community when people are too afraid to talk.
    — Annabelle Garland, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
  • OpenAI is adding its latest, most-advanced voice capabilities to the ChatGPT desktop app, allowing users to talk to their computers and ask the AI to complete tasks in a stream-of-consciousness, hands-free manner.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Definition of talk
Noun
  • The Korean Football Association was furious, responding to this juvenile, but ultimately harmless, prattle by boycotting the Korean press.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 24 June 2026
  • Some of the prattle can feel like treading water, a delaying tactic until the inevitable confrontation scene.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of prattle
Verb
  • The fact that the two sides converse in a common language will be no guarantee of amity.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • But the writers have conversed with one another and have been living in this world for so long.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Definition of converse
Noun
  • Eichenberger recently converted one of the ponds into a small babbling brook to maintain a steady flow of water.
    — Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The internet has spoken—the babbling of Minions will be heard at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of babbling
Noun
  • Some children clustered there to jabber and run madly about, while others just wanted attention and knew how to get it.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2025
Definition of jabber

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