Blab : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Blab	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Blab
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blab v divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful-- his secretary talks" Synonym(s): spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out Antonym(s): keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly Synonym(s): chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blab \Blab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blabbed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blabbing}.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan. blabbre, G. plappern, Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. also {Blubber}, v.] To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion. --Udall. And yonder a vile physician blabbing The case of his patient. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blab \Blab\, v. i. To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales. She must burst or blab. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blab \Blab\, n. [OE. blabbe.] One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale. [bd]Avoided as a blab.[b8] --Milton. For who will open himself to a blab or a babbler. --Bacon.