noun
gab
gab
noun
1
Idle talk or chatter.
"The two of them sat over coffee for an hour of gab."
verb
1
To talk a lot, usually about unimportant things.
"They gabbed on the phone for hours."
"Stop gabbing and get back to work."
How to Use Gab
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo chat casually and at length, usually about nothing important.
When to use it
Informal — used in everyday conversation, not formal writing.
Common pairings
gift of the gab
gab on the phone
Word Forms
gabbed past tense, gabs plural, gabs singular
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Etymology
From Old Norse gabb, "jest, mockery," inherited via Middle English gab.