Antonyms for gab

Grammar : Verb

Spell : gab

Phonetic Transcription : gæb

be quiet

Definition of gab

Origin : "to reproach," c.1200, via Scottish and northern England dialect, from a Scandinavian source, e.g. Old Norse gabba "to mock," or from Old French gabber "mock, boast," both perhaps ultimately imitative. Related: Gabbed; gabbing. Meaning "to talk much" is from 1786, probably a back-formation from gabble.

verb talk a lot

Example sentences :

Time after time I've missed scoring a point because the other man has had the gift of the gab and I haven't.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

Yes, Gab flapped in at the shop this afternoon to caw over it.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Thought you'd have a cabin full of gab machines by this time.
Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

What a fine tall young man he is, and what a gift of the gab.
Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. » by Various

But Auld Jock had bade him "haud 'is gab" there, as in Greyfriars kirkyard.
Extract from : « Greyfriars Bobby » by Eleanor Atkinson

“I suppose I can sit in the office and gab with Sam,” he growled, but Sam had disappeared.
Extract from : « Across the Mesa » by Jarvis Hall

Yes; yes; a nimble wit, an engaging manner, and the gift of the gab.
Extract from : « The Hill » by Horace Annesley Vachell

I congratulated him on his forethought, and it then occurred to me to ask what had become of Gab.
Extract from : « The Young Llanero » by W.H.G. Kingston

Of course he should have the gift of the gab, and that Plantagenet hasn't got.
Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope

I am not one for gab, but it amuses one if no harm is spoken of others.
Extract from : « The Hero of the People » by Alexandre Dumas

Synonyms for gab

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