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BLAB
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Irregular inflected forms: blabbed
, blabbing
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they blab
... he / she / it blabs
Past simple: blabbed
-ing form: blabbing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Divulge confidential information or secrets
Example:
Be careful--his secretary talks
Synonyms:
babble; babble out; blab; blab out; let the cat out of the bag; peach; sing; spill the beans; talk; tattle
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "blab" is one way to...):
break; bring out; disclose; discover; divulge; expose; give away; let on; let out; reveal; uncover; unwrap (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret)
Verb group:
spill; talk (reveal information)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
blabber (one who reveals confidential information in return for money)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Synonyms:
blab; blabber; chatter; clack; gabble; gibber; maunder; palaver; piffle; prate; prattle; tattle; tittle-tattle; twaddle
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "blab" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blab"):
babble; blather; blether; blither; smatter (to talk foolishly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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