English Dictionary: blabbing | by the DICT Development Group |
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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. |