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Grammar : Verb
Spell : blab
Phonetic Transcription : blæb



Definition of blabbed

Origin :
  • mid-15c., apparently from Middle English noun blabbe "one who does not control his tongue" (late 13c.), probably echoic. Related: Blabbed; blabbing. The exact relationship between the blabs and blabber is difficult to determine. The noun was "[e]xceedingly common in 16th and 17th c.; unusual in literature since c 1750" [OED].
  • verb gossip
Example sentences :
  • The old fool would have blabbed to me what you told him to keep quiet about.
  • Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
  • That's the infernal cuss who has blabbed to the papers, then!
  • Extract from : « Plays by August Strindberg, Third Series » by August Strindberg
  • Either the under-sheriff had blabbed, or George had been boasting of his diplomacy.
  • Extract from : « Monk » by Julian Corbett
  • Reason they didnt do it, it was blabbed, and the excise pricked up its ears.
  • Extract from : « Back o' the Moon » by Oliver Onions
  • Unfortunately he had slaves who blabbed all his secrets and harmed him.
  • Extract from : « The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 » by Various
  • I blabbed when my wits were gone; but he was very kind all the same.
  • Extract from : « Jo's Boys » by Louisa May Alcott
  • Don't be frightened,' added she, laughing, 'I am not going to ask who blabbed it.
  • Extract from : « The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) » by Fanny Burney
  • You mean that after them boys has blabbed the whole thing, you won't deny it?
  • Extract from : « Captain Ted » by Louis Pendleton
  • She told me the captain said he would kill me if I blabbed, and she would kill Kate.
  • Extract from : « The Deserter » by Charles King
  • And yet the most important points have often been blabbed of in just such a way.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross

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