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(Entry 1 of 2)
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
- spent the time she should have been working gabbing with friends instead
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gab
nounSynonyms of gab (Entry 2 of 2)
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
- a car salesman with the proverbial gift for gab
Synonyms for gab
- backchat,
- cackle,
- causerie,
- chat,
- chatter,
- chin music,
- chin-wag
- [slang],
- chitchat,
- confab,
- confabulation,
- gabfest,
- gossip,
- jangle,
- jaw,
- natter
- [chiefly British],
- palaver,
- patter,
- rap,
- schmooze,
- small talk,
- table talk,
- talk,
- tête-à-tête
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The first known use of gab was in 1761
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