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gab

(găb) Slang

intr.v. gabbed, gab·bing, gabs

To talk idly or incessantly, as about trivial matters.

Idle talk; chatter.

[Middle English gabben, to scoff, speak foolishly, from Old Norse gabba, to scoff, perhaps of imitative origin or akin to gapa, to gape.]

gab′ber n.

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gab

(ɡæb)

vb, gabs, gabbing or gabbed

(intr) to talk excessively or idly, esp about trivial matters; gossip; chatter

1. idle or trivial talk

2. gift of the gab ability to speak effortlessly, glibly, or persuasively

[C18: variant of Northern dialect gob mouth, probably from Irish Gaelic gob beak, mouth]

ˈgabber n

gab

(ɡæb)

1. (Mechanical Engineering) a hook or open notch in a rod or lever that drops over the spindle of a valve to form a temporary connection for operating the valve

2. (Tools) a pointed tool used in masonry

[C18: probably from Flemish gabbe notch, gash]

GAB

abbreviation for

(Automotive Engineering) Gabon (international car registration)

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gab

(gæb)

v. gabbed, gab•bing,
n. Informal. v.i.

1. to talk or chat idly.

2. idle talk; chatter.

[1780–90; compare gabble]

gab′ber, n.

gab

- In mechanics, a hook or a notch in a rod or lever that then engages with a pin or needle.

gab

Past participle: gabbed
Gerund: gabbing

Imperative
gab
gab

Present
I gab
you gab
he/she/it gabs
we gab
you gab
they gab

Preterite
I gabbed
you gabbed
he/she/it gabbed
we gabbed
you gabbed
they gabbed

Present Continuous
I am gabbing
you are gabbing
he/she/it is gabbing
we are gabbing
you are gabbing
they are gabbing

Present Perfect
I have gabbed
you have gabbed
he/she/it has gabbed
we have gabbed
you have gabbed
they have gabbed

Past Continuous
I was gabbing
you were gabbing
he/she/it was gabbing
we were gabbing
you were gabbing
they were gabbing

Past Perfect
I had gabbed
you had gabbed
he/she/it had gabbed
we had gabbed
you had gabbed
they had gabbed

Future
I will gab
you will gab
he/she/it will gab
we will gab
you will gab
they will gab

Future Perfect
I will have gabbed
you will have gabbed
he/she/it will have gabbed
we will have gabbed
you will have gabbed
they will have gabbed

Future Continuous
I will be gabbing
you will be gabbing
he/she/it will be gabbing
we will be gabbing
you will be gabbing
they will be gabbing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been gabbing
you have been gabbing
he/she/it has been gabbing
we have been gabbing
you have been gabbing
they have been gabbing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been gabbing
you will have been gabbing
he/she/it will have been gabbing
we will have been gabbing
you will have been gabbing
they will have been gabbing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been gabbing
you had been gabbing
he/she/it had been gabbing
we had been gabbing
you had been gabbing
they had been gabbing

Conditional
I would gab
you would gab
he/she/it would gab
we would gab
you would gab
they would gab

Past Conditional
I would have gabbed
you would have gabbed
he/she/it would have gabbed
we would have gabbed
you would have gabbed
they would have gabbed

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Noun	1.	gab - light informal conversation for social occasions causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chitchat, chit-chat, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze - an informal conversation
Verb	1.	gab - talk profusely; "she was yakking away about her grandchildren" yak communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

gab

noun

the gift of the gab eloquence, fluency, expressiveness, way with words, persuasiveness, forcefulness They are naturally good salesmen with the gift of the gab.

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gab

verb

Slang. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially:

babble, blabber, chatter, chitchat, clack, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle (on), run on.

Informal: go on, spiel.

Slang: gas, jaw, yak.

Idioms: run off at the mouth, shoot the breeze.

noun

Slang. Incessant and usually inconsequential talk:

babble, blab, blabber, chat, chatter, chitchat, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, small talk.

Slang: gas, yak.

Translations

quatschen

chiacchiera chiacchierare avere molta parlantina

gab

[gæb]

A. N to have the gift of the gab → tener mucha labia, tener un pico de oro

B. VI (= chatter) → parlotear, cotorrear

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gab

[ˈgæb] n
to have the gift of the gab → avoir la langue bien pendue

gab

(inf)

n → Gequassel nt (inf), → Geschwätz nt; to have a gab → (zusammen) quatschen (inf); to have a gab about something → etw bequatschen (inf); to have the gift of the gab (= talk a lot) → wie ein Wasserfall reden (inf); (= be persuasive) → reden können, nicht auf den Mund gefallen sein

vi → quatschen (inf), → quasseln (inf)

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gab

[gæb] n (fam) to have the gift of the gab → avere parlantina

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"Her gift o' gab is what's goin' to be the makin' of her; mebbe she'll lecture, or recite pieces, like that Portland elocutionist that come out here to the harvest supper."

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"Stow this gab," roared Hook, and the spokesmen were dragged back.

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"Keep quiet, ugly Gab! It would be better for you to chew a few cough drops to get rid of that cold you have.

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'Ay, that he shall,' replied Fagin, 'and we'll have a big-wig, Charley: one that's got the greatest gift of the gab: to carry on his defence; and he shall make a speech for himself too, if he likes; and we'll read it all in the papers--"Artful Dodger--shrieks of laughter--here the court was convulsed"--eh, Charley, eh?'

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You look as if you'd been up against it!" And then the other would begin to pour out some tale of misery, and the man would say, "Come have a glass, and maybe that'll brace you up." And so they would drink together, and if the tramp was sufficiently wretched-looking, or good enough at the "gab," they might have two; and if they were to discover that they were from the same country, or had lived in the same city or worked at the same trade, they might sit down at a table and spend an hour or two in talk--and before they got through the saloon-keeper would have taken in a dollar.

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Time after time I've missed scoring a point because the other man has had the gift of the gab and I haven't.

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'Worn't one o' these chaps slim and tall, with long hair, and the gift o' the gab wery gallopin'?'

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Ungab said House leaders agreed to return the GAB to the appropriations committee after it was moved to the rules committee.

2020 national budget process 'back on track' - Ungab

Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said the formal referal of the 2020 GAB to the House Committee on Appropriations will be done after the submission of all government departments and agencies of their written presentations of their respective budget proposals on Tuesday.

Budget bill withdrawal sparks House infighting

According to Villafuerte, House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano supposedly ordered the withdrawal of the GAB.

Budget hearings to continue despite recall of 2020 budget bill

Earlier in the day, Ungab objected to House Deputy Speaker Luis Raymund Villafuerte's withdrawal of the GAB from the plenary last week, saying it would "derail" the approval of the 2020 national budget.

Cayetano sorts out 'issues' over 2020 nat'l budget bill

The GAB is keen to support counterpart bodies in a number of countries in the fields of training, development and institutional capacity building, as this emanates from GAB's advanced professional experience in the fields of audit and financial control.

GAB President Receives Chairman of Palestinian Audit and Administrative Control Bureau