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    gab

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++gab /ɡæb/ verb (gabbed, gabbing) [intransitive + about] informal  TALK TO somebodyto talk continuously, usually about things that are not important 喋喋不休，闲聊 You two were gabbing so much you didn’t even see me! 你们俩聊得那么起劲，甚至都没有看到我！ —gabby adjective → the gift of the gab at gift1(5)→ See Verb table
    Examples from the Corpus
    gab• The night before the trip, we sisters stayed up late packing and gabbing.• They spend way too much time gabbing when they should be working.    From Longman Business DictionaryGABGABFINANCE written abbreviation for GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS TO BORROWOrigin gab (1700-1800) Probably from gabble
    gab verbChinese
    about that to Corpus things continuously, talk are not usually important Business


    gab
    gab /ɡæb/ verb (past tense and past participle gabbed, present participle gabbing) [intransitive + about] informal
     Date: 1700-1800
     Origin: Probably from gabble
    to talk continuously, usually about things that are not important:
        You two were gabbing so much you didn’t even see me!
    —gabby adjective
    ⇨ the gift of the gab at gift(5)


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    noun
    gabBrE /ɡæb/ 🔊NAmE /ɡæb/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they gab BrE /ɡæb/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡæb/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it gabs BrE /ɡæbz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡæbz/ 🔊past simple gabbed BrE /ɡæbd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡæbd/ 🔊past participle gabbed BrE /ɡæbd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡæbd/ 🔊 -ing form gabbing BrE /ˈɡæbɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɡæbɪŋ/ 🔊(informal) [intransitive] to talk for a long time about things that are not important 喋喋不休；啰唆；唠叨
    gabBrE /ɡæb/ 🔊NAmE /ɡæb/ 🔊 noun●the gift of the ˈgab(BrE) (US a gift for/of ˈgab) (informal, sometimes disapproving) the ability to speak easily and to persuade other people with your words 口才；辩才