1
as in chatting
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
the two friends can blab for hours on the phone
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2
as in gossiping
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 blabbing
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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.
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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.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
Rather, Sophi refrained from immediately blabbing about her advantage to Savannah and Rizo, keeping the discovery all to herself.
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Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blabbing
Noun
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Eichenberger recently converted one of the ponds into a small babbling brook to maintain a steady flow of water.
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The internet has spoken—the babbling of Minions will be heard at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Verb
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While chatting with Craig Melvin during a June 19 appearance on the Today show, the TV icon paused her interview to smack the anchor after a bold request.
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Within minutes, the men, who ranged in age from 30 to 60, began chatting among themselves.
Verb
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GiGi had been on the phone for the past hour, the receiver tucked between her head and her left shoulder, a Prince album playing loudly so Syl couldn’t hear her gossiping.
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Others reported witnessing judgmental comments, gossiping, staff intentionally violating patient privacy, staff wanting to punish the patients for their actions and denial of pain management during labor.
Noun
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Some of the prattle can feel like treading water, a delaying tactic until the inevitable confrontation scene.
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The bizarre reality of daily life in a Southeast Asian scam compound—the tactics, the tone, the mix of cruelty and upbeat corporate prattle—is revealed at an unprecedented level of resolution in a leak of documents to WIRED from a whistleblower inside one such sprawling fraud operation.
Verb
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Seconds later, Hines-Allen decided she was done talking and shoved Bonner.
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If your medication is affected, consider talking to your doctor or pharmacist to determine the best course of action.
Noun
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The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.
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Read a book and sip tea in front of the central fireplace, swim between the indoor and outdoor sections of the glimmering pool, and soak your aching quads in the hot tubs under the evergreens and aspens while listening to the peaceful babble of Gore Creek.
Verb
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This is because any of various chatbots can induce in us an irresistible sense of our conversing with an actual person.
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Her subjects range from the humming of trees conversing through underground fungi to the iridescent call (invisible to humans) that flowers make to fluttering bees.
Noun
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Molly’s dialogue meanders between mindless chattering and singing to herself, musing on the mythological origins of asteroid names, recalling bittersweet memories of her wife and reflecting on faith, science and the afterlife.
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In lieu of keyboards clicking, the sounds of chattering and forks scraping plates fill the space.
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“Blabbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blabbing. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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