Antonyms for gab
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : gab |
| Phonetic Transcription : gæb |
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
- 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
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019