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noun

Definition of blabbingnext
as in babbling

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blabbing

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verb

present participle of blab
1
as in chatting
to engage in casual or rambling conversation the two friends can blab for hours on the phone

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2
as in gossiping
to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature he blabs a lot, so never share a secret with him

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blabbing
  1. babbling
  2. chatting
  3. prattle
  4. talking
  5. jabber
  6. chatter
  7. blab
Noun
  • Today, her daughter, Dana, is growing up like any other Swiss suburban child, in Basel now, splashing around in toddler swim classes and speaking to her mother in a babbling mix of English and Ukrainian.
    Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Washington mom uses sign language to convey daughter’s babbling to deaf husband Courtney Lotane recently documented her car ride in Seattle, Washington.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 20 Sep. 2023
Definition of babbling
Verb
  • Grew up helping and chatting to customers in his mother’s nail salon and went on to work in Paris for Maison Margiela under John Galliano, Mai feels strongly about his Vietnamese heritage as well as Texan/American roots.
    Angela Lei, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • There are also a few basic apps like WhatsApp for chatting with friends, but the company is on a mission to reduce screen time, so it’s designed to for minimum obsession and maximum pink pride.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of chatting
Noun
  • She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.
    Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The larcenous prattle is, in this sense, a typically Wiig-ian set piece: sunny, strained and flailing for dignity.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Definition of prattle
Verb
  • As this all unfolds in court, the people are talking.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
  • There was only the sound of talking in the background.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of talking
Noun
  • Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.
    Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 June 2023
Definition of jabber
Noun
  • Hong Kong and Mainland China grinded higher, led by growth stocks and consumer subsectors on chatter of holiday season vouchers and in anticipation of the post-CEWC release’s pro-consumption and fiscal policy expansion.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The chatter began as soon as Trump first announced that Vance would join him on the Republican presidential ticket.
    Jeremiah Poff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of chatter
Noun
  • The unknowing apprentice blabs about red hair and more to Cressida, who then takes the information to blackmail Penelope into paying her a huge sum.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 June 2024
  • But things turn sour when Eloise blabs about Colin helping Pen to Cressida and another one of the ladies nearby hears it … and well, gossip is meant to be spread right?
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 May 2024
Definition of blab
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