gab

gab
    n 1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn:
         {chitchat}, {chit-chat}, {chit chat}, {small talk}, {gab},
         {gabfest}, {gossip}, {tittle-tattle}, {chin wag}, {chin-
         wag}, {chin wagging}, {chin-wagging}, {causerie}]
    v 1: talk profusely; "she was yakking away about her
         grandchildren" [syn: {yak}, {gab}]
    

Gab \Gab\ (g[a^]b), n. [Cf. {Gaff}.] (Steam Engine)
   The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap.
   See. Illust. of {Eccentric}.
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Gab \Gab\, n. [OE. gabbe gabble, mocking, fr. Icel. gabb
   mocking, mockery, or OF. gab, gabe; perh. akin to E. gape, or
   gob. Cf. {Gab}, v. i., {Gibber}.]
   The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk;
   loquaciousness. [Colloq.]
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   {Gift of gab}, facility of expression. [Colloq.]
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Gab \Gab\, v. i. [OE. gabben to jest, lie, mock, deceive, fr.
   Icel. gabba to mock, or OF. gaber. See 2d {Gab}, and cf.
   {Gabble}.]
   1. To deceive; to lie. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   2. To talk idly; to prate; to chatter. --Holinshed.
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121 Moby Thesaurus words for "gab":
      accents, babble, babblement, balderdash, balls, bavardage, bazoo,
      bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blarney, blather, blether,
      blethers, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, cackle, caquet, caqueterie,
      chaps, chat, chatter, chitter-chatter, chops, clack, clatter,
      comment, conversation, converse, crap, declaim, discourse, dither,
      drivel, elocution, embouchure, eyewash, flummery, gabble, garbage,
      gas, gibber, gibble-gabble, go on, gob, gobbledygook, gossip, guff,
      gush, haver, hogwash, hot air, idle talk, jabber, jaw, jaws, jowls,
      kisser, language, lips, mandibles, maw, maxilla, mere talk,
      moonshine, mouth, mug, mumbo-jumbo, mush, muzzle, natter, nonsense,
      nonsense talk, oral cavity, oral communication, palaver, parole,
      patter, piffle, poppycock, pour forth, prate, prating, prattle,
      premaxilla, prittle-prattle, ramble on, rapping, rattle, rattle on,
      reel off, rot, rubbish, run on, shit, speak, speaking, speech,
      spout, spout off, stuff and nonsense, talk, talk away,
      talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, talking, tittle-tattle,
      trap, twaddle, twattle, waffle, wag the tongue, words, yak,
      yakkety-yak, yakking, yap