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Webster
1913
Edition
Gab
Gab
(găb)
,
Noun.
[Cf.
Gaff
.]
(Steam Engine)
The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See.
Illust.
of
Eccentric
.
Gab
,
Noun.
[OE.
gabbe
gabble, mocking, fr. Icel.
gabb
mocking, mockery, or OF.
gab
,
gabe
; perh. akin to E.
gape
, or
gob
. Cf.
Gab
,
Verb.
I.
,
Gibber
.]
The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness.
[Colloq.]
Gift of gab
,
facility of expression.
[Colloq.]
Gab
,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
gabben
to jest, lie, mock, deceive, fr. Icel.
gabba
to mock, or OF.
gaber
. See 2d
Gab
, and cf.
Gabble
.]
1.
To deceive; to lie.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
To talk idly; to prate; to chatter.
Holinshed.
Webster
1828
Edition
Gab
GAB
,
Noun.
The mouth; as in the phrase, the gift of the gab, that is, loquaciousness. But the word is so vulgar as rarely to be used.
Definition
2025
gãb
gãb
See also:
gab
and
GAB
Norman
Alternative forms
gaumbe
(
continental Normandy
)
gambe
(
Jersey
)
gàmbe
(
Guernsey
)
Noun
gãb
f
(
plural
gãbs
)
(
Sark
,
anatomy
)
leg
Etymology
From
Old French
gambe
, from
Late Latin
*gamba
.
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