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gab
1[ gab ]
gab
2[ gab ]
noun
- a hook or fork that engages temporarily with a moving rod or lever.
gab
3[ gab ]
noun
GAB
1abbreviation for
- Gabon (international car registration)
gab
2/ ɡæb /
noun
- a hook or open notch in a rod or lever that drops over the spindle of a valve to form a temporary connection for operating the valve
- a pointed tool used in masonry
gab
3/ ɡæb /
verb
- intr to talk excessively or idly, esp about trivial matters; gossip; chatter
noun
- idle or trivial talk
- gift of the gabability to speak effortlessly, glibly, or persuasively
Derived Forms
- ˈgabber, noun
Other Words From
- gabber noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of gab1
Origin of gab2
Word History and Origins
Origin of gab1
Origin of gab2
Idioms and Phrases
see gift of gab .Example Sentences
It’s no secret that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s gift of the gab is a point of pride.
Those who stayed plugged in migrated off mainstream platforms like Facebook and onto systems designed for the far right and by the far right, like Gab.
His gift of the gab and absence of shame were mocked mercilessly but also given deference because they could fund a viable campaign in the span of hours.
Maybe they had a little gab while being blipped for five years with the other Avengers.
Because this is my book,” Kibbe writes, he decided to “mash up” the conversations into an “imaginary gab fest.
In our interview, Moreno is effervescent and irreverent, with a genuine gift of the gab.
She apologizes profusely, curls up across from me, and begins to, as she calls it, gab.
But the millennium saw the last of the truly fat rappers: Gift of Gab, J-Live, Bone Crusher, and Fatman Scoop.
The Gift of Gab, the only original member of Blackalicious present, is twice as big as Big Boi but only half as well known.
If he could have barked, his meaning would have carried more convincingly, but he "hauded 'is gab" loyally.
Some persons start their gab carburetors, and they talk and talk mechanically, without any effort spent in thinking.
Another interest was what he called with pretended scorn, "Gregg's gab-fests."
"The gift of the gab" was one, and "He'd argue black was white" another.
Nine-tenths of the Victorian members possess at least the gift of the gab.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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