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BNC: 41725 COCA: 27917

blab

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
blab /ˈblæb/ verb
blabs; blabbed; blabbing
blab
/ˈblæb/
verb
blabs; blabbed; blabbing
Learner's definition of BLAB
informal
: to say something that was supposed to be kept secret泄露秘密;透露秘密
[+ object]
[no object]
[no object] : to talk too much喋喋不休;大谈特谈
BNC: 41725 COCA: 27917

blab

1 of 2

noun

1
archaic : one that blabs : tattletale
2
: idle or excessive talk : chatter
blabby adjective

blab

2 of 2

verb

blabbed; blabbing

intransitive verb

1
: to talk idly or thoughtlessly
2
: to reveal a secret especially by indiscreet chatter

transitive verb

: to reveal especially without reserve or discretion
blabbed the whole affair to the press

Example Sentences

Verb Don't tell Mary. She'll blab it all over town. “How did she find out about the surprise party?” “Tom blabbed.” He kept blabbing on and on about politics.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Lots of people just blab on about personal things to me, but this is a medical office. Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022 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 Doing this will: kick your blab habit; conquer your fear of rejection (worst case, you get rejected for being yourself, far better than being loved for faking it); and render your what-to-tell question moot. Carolyn Hax, idahostatesman, 19 Mar. 2018 Want to hear a scientist blab about his latest project? Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2018
Verb
More to the point, what kind of guy would blab to the world on TV about the level of his losses? BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2021 Just remember to take advice from real experts -- not from someone blabbing on Instagram or Facebook or tweeting junk to us. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 20 Mar. 2020 The chat can go on for as long as the chattiest participant wants to blab on. Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2020 Toby should not have blabbed about being in love with Nadal. Han Ong, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2020 But that’s not the end of the bad vibes, as Victoria F. is mad that Alayah had been reading online spoilers during her ever-so-brief time off the show, and Alayah has been blabbing about the Chase Rice connection. oregonlive, 3 Feb. 2020 His climactic loop in a helicopter after blabbing about it for the first part of the movie is the equivalent of an old drunk at the bar reenacting his game-winning high school touchdown. Peter Opaskar, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2020 Alexa is all too happy to blab all the details about what’s in those packages to anyone in the house who asks. Doreen Christensen, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2019 Boisterous lunch customers pack tables, blabbing in Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Greek and English. Seth Kugel, New York Times, 1 July 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English blabbe; akin to Middle English blaberen

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of blab was in the 14th century
BNC: 41725 COCA: 27917

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