gab
To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjectsTo talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.
» Tom has the gift of gab.
У Тома дар слова.
У Тома хорошо подвешен язык.
У Тома добре підвішений язик.
Meaning
3 senses(intransitive)To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.
schwatzen, quasseln
болта́тьboltátʹ, трепа́тьсяtrepátʹsja
talk profusely
(intransitive, obsolete)To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie.
(obsolete, transitive)To speak or tell falsely.
Examples
12 sentencesTom has the gift of gab.
У Тома добре підвішений язик. — deniko
ruУ Тома дар слова. — Wezel
What are you ladies gabbing about?
Tom has the gift of the gab.
deTom hat einen guten Zungenschlag. — wolfgangth
Tom had the gift of the gab.
ruУ Тома был хорошо подвешен язык. — odexed
Women usually have the gift of gab.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English gabben, from Old English gabban (“to scoff, mock, delude, jest”) and OFrom Middle English gabben, from Old English gabban (“to scoff, mock, delude, jest”) and Old Norse gabba (“to mock, make sport of”); both from Proto-Germanic *gabbōną (“to mock, jest”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to be split, be forked, gape”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
gabs, gabbing, gabbed, gabbedSynonyms
1 synonyms- talk profusely:yak
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle