"gab" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Amanab]

Head templates: {{head|amn|nouns}} gab
  1. a large dove
    Sense id: en-gab-amn-noun-dhobaQoD Categories (other): Amanab entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Danish]

Etymology: From Old Norse gap, verbal noun to gapa (“to gape”). Etymology templates: {{der|da|non|gap}} Old Norse gap, {{m|non|gapa||to gape}} gapa (“to gape”) Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|gabet||{{{sg-def-2}}}|||plural indefinite|gab||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=n|g2=|head=}} gab n (singular definite gabet, plural indefinite gab), {{da-noun|et}} gab n (singular definite gabet, plural indefinite gab) Inflection templates: {{da-noun-infl|et}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=n|gen-pl-def=gabenes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=gabs|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=gabets|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=gabs|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=gabene|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=gab|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=gabet|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=gab}} Forms: gabet [definite, singular], gab [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gab [indefinite, nominative, singular], gabet [definite, nominative, singular], gab [indefinite, nominative, plural], gabene [definite, nominative, plural], gabs [genitive, indefinite, singular], gabets [definite, genitive, singular], gabs [genitive, indefinite, plural], gabenes [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. mouth, jaws Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-gab-da-noun-kG~gg23x
  2. yawn Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-gab-da-noun-JcTfjoCv Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 16 80 4
  3. gap Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-gab-da-noun-VNXb8BJO

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡæb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gab.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gabs [plural]
Rhymes: -æb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English gab, gabbe, from Old Norse gabb (“jest, mockery”) (whence also Old French gab, gap (“mockery, derision, scorn”)). Cognate with Icelandic gabb (“hoax”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|gab|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English gab, {{inh+|en|enm|gab}} Inherited from Middle English gab, {{m|enm|gabbe}} gabbe, {{der|en|non|gabb|t=jest, mockery}} Old Norse gabb (“jest, mockery”), {{cog|fro|gab}} Old French gab, {{m|fro|gap|t=mockery, derision, scorn}} gap (“mockery, derision, scorn”), {{cog|is|gabb|t=hoax}} Icelandic gabb (“hoax”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gab (countable and uncountable, plural gabs)
  1. Idle chatter. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Talking Translations (Idle chatter): বকনি (bokoni) (Assamese), бърборене (bǎrborene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 廢話 (Chinese Mandarin), 废话 (fèihuà) (Chinese Mandarin), geklets (Dutch), gebabbel (Dutch), gekakel (Dutch), parolemo (Esperanto), pulina (Finnish), pälpätys (Finnish), löpinä (Finnish), bagou [masculine] (French), ყბედობა (q̇bedoba) (Georgian), ლაყბობა (laq̇boba) (Georgian), Geschwätz [neuter] (German), Gequassel [neuter] (German), 無駄話 (mudabanashi) (alt: むだばなし) (Japanese), бабыроо (babıroo) (Kyrgyz), эбирөө (ebiröö) (Kyrgyz), болтовня́ (boltovnjá) [feminine] (Russian), трёп (trjop) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-gab-en-noun-t9ZZbIYI Disambiguation of Talking: 34 8 13 18 19 9 Disambiguation of 'Idle chatter': 97 2 1
  2. The mouth or gob. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-gab-en-noun-HwdF-Kjh
  3. One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-gab-en-noun-2BndxPN0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bafflegab, begab, gabble, gabby, gift of the gab, wide-gab
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɡæb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gab.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gabs [present, singular, third-person], gabbing [participle, present], gabbed [participle, past], gabbed [past]
Rhymes: -æb Etymology: From 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 *ghabh- (“to be split, be forked, gape”). Cognate with Scots gab (“to mock, prate”), North Frisian gabben (“to jest, sport”), Middle Dutch gabben (“to mock”), Middle Low German gabben (“to jest, have fun”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|gabben}} Middle English gabben, {{der|en|ang|gabban||to scoff, mock, delude, jest}} Old English gabban (“to scoff, mock, delude, jest”), {{der|en|non|gabba||to mock, make sport of}} Old Norse gabba (“to mock, make sport of”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*gabbōną||to mock, jest}} Proto-Germanic *gabbōną (“to mock, jest”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ghabh-||to be split, be forked, gape}} Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to be split, be forked, gape”), {{cog|sco|gab||to mock, prate}} Scots gab (“to mock, prate”), {{cog|frr|gabben||to jest, sport}} North Frisian gabben (“to jest, sport”), {{cog|dum|gabben||to mock}} Middle Dutch gabben (“to mock”), {{cog|gml|gabben||to jest, have fun}} Middle Low German gabben (“to jest, have fun”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} gab (third-person singular simple present gabs, present participle gabbing, simple past and past participle gabbed)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-gab-en-verb-ySdsckAy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 4 30 39 4 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 7 26 36 9 16
  2. (intransitive) To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects. Tags: intransitive Translations (to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects): বকা (boka) (Assamese), бърборя (bǎrborja) (Bulgarian), kletsen (Dutch), pulista (Finnish), pälpättää (Finnish), papoter (French), bavarder (French), babiller (French), ყბედობა (q̇bedoba) (Georgian), ლაყბობა (laq̇boba) (Georgian), schwatzen (German), quasseln (German), болта́ть (boltátʹ) (Russian), трепа́ться (trepátʹsja) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-gab-en-verb-tzRHlUBx Disambiguation of 'to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects': 1 97 1
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To speak or tell falsely. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-gab-en-verb-elG-auyN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gabber, gabbing
Etymology number: 2

Verb [German]

IPA: /ɡaːp/ Audio: De-at-gab.ogg [Austria], De-gab.ogg
Rhymes: -aːp Head templates: {{head|de|verb form}} gab
  1. first/third-person singular preterite of geben Tags: first-person, form-of, preterite, singular, third-person Form of: geben
    Sense id: en-gab-de-verb-bOra2Zk1 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Old French]

Forms: gab oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], gas [oblique, plural], gas [nominative, singular], gab [nominative, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse gabb. Etymology templates: {{bor|fro|non|gabb}} Old Norse gabb Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} gab oblique singular, m (oblique plural gas, nominative singular gas, nominative plural gab)
  1. joke Synonyms: gaab, gap Related terms: gaber
    Sense id: en-gab-fro-noun-ovpM-tBU Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Old High German]

Head templates: {{head|goh|verb form}} gab
  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of geban Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, past, singular, third-person Form of: geban Synonyms: gap
    Sense id: en-gab-goh-verb-04J2eeSw Categories (other): Old High German entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Proto-Germanic]

IPA: /ɣɑβ/
Head templates: {{head|gem-pro|verb form}} *gab
  1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of *gebaną Tags: active, first-person, form-of, indicative, past, reconstruction, singular, third-person Form of: gebaną
    Sense id: en-gab-gem-pro-verb-SkjX5~3c Categories (other): Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "word": "gabby"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gift of the gab"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "expansion": "Middle English gab",
      "name": "inh"
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      },
      "expansion": "Old French gab",
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        "1": "fro",
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      },
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        {
          "ref": "2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe)",
          "text": "Ah, find some chirk in ye, lad. Now is the time for gab and chatter. Y’best be enjoying it. Come a fortnight and the brace of us’ll be wantin’ to be ever silent as the tomb. Even to clap eyes on each other... It’ll make y’hotter than hell!",
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
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          "roman": "bokoni",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
          "word": "বকনি"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bǎrborene",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
          "word": "廢話"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fèihuà",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
          "word": "废话"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
          "word": "gekakel"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
          "word": "parolemo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
          "word": "pulina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
          "word": "pälpätys"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
          "word": "löpinä"
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "q̇bedoba",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
          "word": "ყბედობა"
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "laq̇boba",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
          "word": "ლაყბობა"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
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          "word": "Geschwätz"
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Gequassel"
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "alt": "むだばなし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mudabanashi",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
          "word": "無駄話"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "babıroo",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
          "word": "бабыроо"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
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          "roman": "ebiröö",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
          "word": "эбирөө"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "boltovnjá",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "болтовня́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trjop",
          "sense": "Idle chatter",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "gob"
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        {
          "ref": "1940 July, S. Richards, “Locomotive Valve gear Development”, in Railway Magazine, page 412",
          "text": "Loose eccentric reversing gear gave way about 1836 to the early forms of gab motion. [...] In 1840 Stephenson evolved a motion in which the gabs were connected directly to the valve spindle.",
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          "steam engine"
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      "name": "der"
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to be split, be forked, gape”)",
      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to mock, prate"
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      "expansion": "Scots gab (“to mock, prate”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "gabben",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to jest, sport"
      },
      "expansion": "North Frisian gabben (“to jest, sport”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "gabben",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to mock"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch gabben (“to mock”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "gabben",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to jest, have fun"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German gabben (“to jest, have fun”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gabs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gabbing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
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        "participle",
        "past"
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          "word": "ყბედობა"
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          "sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
          "word": "ლაყბობა"
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        }
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To speak or tell falsely."
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        "transitive"
      ]
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "indefinite",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        "neuter"
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        [
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          "gap"
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        "neuter"
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        "form-of",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "ipa": "/ɡaːp/"
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      "form": "gab oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
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        "oblique",
        "plural"
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      "form": "gas",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gab",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "english": "Is this certain or in jest?",
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          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "reconstruction",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "ipa": "/ɣɑβ/"
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}
{
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        "Amanab lemmas",
        "Amanab nouns"
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        "a large dove"
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    "Danish neuter nouns",
    "Danish nouns",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Norse"
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        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "gabene",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "gabs",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "gabets",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "word": "বকনি"
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      "word": "廢話"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "废话"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "pälpätys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "Idle chatter",
      "word": "löpinä"
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      "sense": "Idle chatter",
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      "sense": "Idle chatter",
      "word": "ყბედობა"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "ლაყბობა"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Idle chatter",
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      "word": "Gequassel"
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      "alt": "むだばなし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mudabanashi",
      "sense": "Idle chatter",
      "word": "無駄話"
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      "word": "бабыроо"
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    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
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      "sense": "Idle chatter",
      "word": "эбирөө"
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      "word": "болтовня́"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trjop",
      "sense": "Idle chatter",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "трёп"
    }
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        "(intransitive) To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects."
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        "To speak or tell falsely."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To speak or tell falsely."
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        "transitive"
      ]
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      "code": "as",
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      "roman": "boka",
      "sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
      "word": "বকা"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bǎrborja",
      "sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
      "word": "бърборя"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
      "word": "kletsen"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
      "word": "pulista"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
      "word": "pälpättää"
    },
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      "word": "papoter"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "bavarder"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
      "word": "babiller"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "q̇bedoba",
      "sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
      "word": "ყბედობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "laq̇boba",
      "sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
      "word": "ლაყბობა"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
      "word": "schwatzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
      "word": "quasseln"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "boltátʹ",
      "sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
      "word": "болта́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trepátʹsja",
      "sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
      "word": "трепа́ться"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "categories": [
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        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German non-lemma forms",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "German terms with audio links",
        "German verb forms",
        "Rhymes:German/aːp",
        "Rhymes:German/aːp/1 syllable"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "geben"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first/third-person singular preterite of geben"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geben",
          "geben#German"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-aːp"
    },
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      "audio": "De-at-gab.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cb/De-at-gab.ogg/De-at-gab.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/De-at-gab.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Austria)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-gab.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/De-gab.ogg/De-gab.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/De-gab.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gab"
}

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        "2": "non",
        "3": "gabb"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse gabb",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Norse gabb.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gab oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gas",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gas",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gab",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "gab oblique singular, m (oblique plural gas, nominative singular gas, nominative plural gab)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "gaber"
    }
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    {
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        "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old French lemmas",
        "Old French masculine nouns",
        "Old French nouns",
        "Old French terms borrowed from Old Norse",
        "Old French terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Old French terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Is this certain or in jest?",
          "ref": "c. 1177, Chrétien de Troyes, Le Chevalier de la Charrette, page 50 (of the Livres de Poche Lettres gothiques edition, line 96",
          "text": "Est ce a certes ou a gas?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "joke"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "joke",
          "joke"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "gaab"
    },
    {
      "word": "gap"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gab"
}

{
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        "1": "goh",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "gab",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old High German non-lemma forms",
        "Old High German verb forms"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "geban"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first/third-person singular past indicative of geban"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geban",
          "geban#Old High German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "gap"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gab"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "*gab",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gab",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic non-lemma forms",
        "Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Proto-Germanic verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "gebaną"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first/third-person singular past active indicative of *gebaną"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "*gebaną",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gebaną"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "reconstruction",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɣɑβ/"
    }
  ],
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}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'gab oblique singular or', originally 'gab oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "gab"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "gab",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'gab oblique singular or', originally 'gab oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "gab"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "gab",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['masculine', 'canonical']: 'gab oblique singular or' in 'gab oblique singular, m (oblique plural gas, nominative singular gas, nominative plural gab)'",
  "path": [
    "gab"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "gab",
  "trace": ""
}

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