See gab in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"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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"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "bokoni",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"word": "বকনি"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"word": "廢話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fèihuà",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"word": "废话"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"word": "geklets"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"word": "gebabbel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"word": "gekakel"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"word": "parolemo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"word": "pulina"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"word": "pälpätys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"word": "löpinä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"tags": [
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"word": "bagou"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "q̇bedoba",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"word": "ყბედობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "laq̇boba",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"word": "ლაყბობა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Geschwätz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gequassel"
},
{
"alt": "むだばなし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mudabanashi",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"word": "無駄話"
},
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"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "babıroo",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"word": "бабыроо"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ebiröö",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"word": "эбирөө"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "boltovnjá",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "болтовня́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "trjop",
"sense": "Idle chatter",
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"word": "трёп"
}
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"ref": "1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 12, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 181:",
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"(intransitive, obsolete) To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie."
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"ref": "1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 26:",
"text": "\"That Mrs. Mender gives a bloke the ear-ache; thinks a bloke's got all day to waste listening to her gab.\"",
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}
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"To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects."
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"(intransitive) To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects."
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"(transitive, obsolete) To speak or tell falsely."
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"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "boka",
"sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
"word": "বকা"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bǎrborja",
"sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
"word": "бърборя"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
"word": "kletsen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
"word": "pulista"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
"word": "pälpättää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
"word": "papoter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
"word": "bavarder"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects",
"word": "babiller"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"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"
}
],
"word": "gab"
}
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