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BLAB

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: blabbed    , blabbing   

 I. (verb) 

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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