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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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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Recent Examples of blab
Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 2 Aug. 2021
Will the former National Security Advisor and right-wing nightmare answer a subpoena and blab to the house committee on Thursday?
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2019
Justin Curto, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
Just fodder for fools to blab on about leadership and intangibles and other nonsense.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
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Verb
On cue, the CDC's latest update is being met with the usual tomato-throwing response from the anti-vaccine, anti-mask, anti-science, anti-logic members of the blab-o-sphere who have declared the CDC hopelessly lost, unscientific and waffling.
—Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 2 Aug. 2021
Will the former National Security Advisor and right-wing nightmare answer a subpoena and blab to the house committee on Thursday?
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2019
Noun
Post Malone blabbing like a rockstar November 19, 2024: Get ready to rock, rave, and possibly even rodeo at this year’s Coachella.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
Just fodder for fools to blab on about leadership and intangibles and other nonsense.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blab
Verb
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As that rare thing, a young female naturist happy to chat on camera, Saoirse Newhouse has been in demand with the press at the opening ceremony.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
19 June 2025
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One history chat app let users chat with simulated historical figures, including Hitler and Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels.—
Steven Stalinsky,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Small wonder that intelligence services had to work overtime gathering every scrap of information or even gossip to learn even the basics about another country's simple economic statistics – much less its secrets.—
David Szondy
May 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2025
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During the Cannes Film Festival, a melting pot of worldly accents can be heard gossiping at beach clubs, waiting on movie queues and shouting at wild afterparties — but one rang most excited, the gleeful Italian cadence of Marco Calvani.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
23 May 2025
Verb
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This means learning when to step back, when to feel and when to talk, as well as when to turn it off.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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File photo: Donald Trump stops and talks to the media on the South Lawn at the White House on June 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C.—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.—
Joshua Cohen,
The New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2024
Verb
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The investment firm has launched the GS AI Assistant, an AI program that will let workers across its divisions converse with large language models that are firewalled within Goldman, ideally eliminating the threat that sensitive data could escape into the wild.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
24 June 2025
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Your next toy or game may be able to converse with you.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Trump, too, has inexplicable lapses of babbling and has fallen asleep at inauspicious moments.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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Indeed, Best was cast for the malleable mannerisms and babbling delivery displayed in his stand-up comedy, and sat with Lucas to study the motivation behind Keaton’s movement.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
18 Apr. 2025
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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
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Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.—
Jennifer Rubin,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
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There was a lot of chatter about the government replenishing local government consumer subsidy funds after strong demand, which led to depletion in several cities.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Based on all the chatter coming out of camp, Wilson already seems to be having a positive influence on the Giants.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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“Blab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blab. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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