"blabber" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈblæb.ɚ/ Audio: en-us-blabber.ogg Forms: blabbers [plural]
Rhymes: -æbɚ Etymology: From Middle English blaberen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blaberen}} Middle English blaberen Head templates: {{en-noun}} blabber (plural blabbers)
  1. A person who blabs; a tattler; a telltale. Categories (topical): People Related terms: blab, blabbermouth Translations (A person who blabs): xafarder (Catalan), sladrehank [common-gender] (Danish), lörppö (Finnish), lavertelija (Finnish), chiacchierone (Italian), pettegolo (Italian), др́дорко (dŕdorko) [masculine] (Macedonian), бр́бливец (bŕblivec) [masculine] (Macedonian), трепло (treplo) [neuter] (Russian), cotilla (Spanish), skvallerbytta [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-blabber-en-noun-CtQtT8kN Disambiguation of People: 48 25 25 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 30 10 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 39 9 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 29 9 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 27 6 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 45 26 13 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 54 23 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 24 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 54 27 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 55 19 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 56 24 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 59 23 8 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 46 26 13 16

Verb

IPA: /ˈblæb.ɚ/ Audio: en-us-blabber.ogg Forms: blabbers [present, singular, third-person], blabbering [participle, present], blabbered [participle, past], blabbered [past]
Rhymes: -æbɚ Etymology: From Middle English blaberen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blaberen}} Middle English blaberen Head templates: {{en-verb}} blabber (third-person singular simple present blabbers, present participle blabbering, simple past and past participle blabbered)
  1. To blather; to talk foolishly or incoherently.
    Sense id: en-blabber-en-verb-qeRS9CuR Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 39 9 13
  2. To blab; to reveal a secret. Translations (to let out a secret): xafardejar (Catalan), indvie (Danish), lörpötellä (Finnish), laverrella (Finnish), hölöttää (Finnish), spiattellare (Italian), cianciare (Italian), spettegolare (Italian), разбалтывать (razbaltyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), выбалтывать (vybaltyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), cotillear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-blabber-en-verb-qheLiJs~ Disambiguation of 'to let out a secret': 29 42 29
  3. (UK, obsolete) To stick out one's tongue. Tags: UK, obsolete
    Sense id: en-blabber-en-verb-cq671k7U Categories (other): British English, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 39 9 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blabberer, blabbermouthed, blabbery

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æbɚ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "A person who blabs",
      "word": "xafarder"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "A person who blabs",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sladrehank"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A person who blabs",
      "word": "lörppö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A person who blabs",
      "word": "lavertelija"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "A person who blabs",
      "word": "chiacchierone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "A person who blabs",
      "word": "pettegolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dŕdorko",
      "sense": "A person who blabs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "др́дорко"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bŕblivec",
      "sense": "A person who blabs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бр́бливец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "treplo",
      "sense": "A person who blabs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "трепло"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "A person who blabs",
      "word": "cotilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A person who blabs",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skvallerbytta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blabber"
}

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