| / English Dictionary |
BLABBER
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One who reveals confidential information in return for money
Synonyms:
betrayer; blabber; informer; rat; squealer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blabber" is a kind of...):
informant; source (a person who supplies information)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blabber"):
canary; fink; sneak; sneaker; snitch; snitcher; stool pigeon; stoolie; stoolpigeon (someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police)
copper's nark; nark (an informer or spy working for the police)
grass; supergrass (a police informer who implicates many people)
Derivation:
blab (divulge confidential information or secrets)
blabber (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
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 "blabber" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blabber"):
babble; blather; blether; blither; smatter (to talk foolishly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
blabber (one who reveals confidential information in return for money)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
