gab — ONAD · Shobdo

gab /ɡab, ɡæb

/ informal

▸ verb

(gabs, gabbing, gabbed)

[no object] talk at length, typically about trivial matters:

Franny walked past a woman gabbing on the phone

it seems they were too busy gabbing about their weekend to actually help a customer.

▸ noun talk; chatter:

fans should prefer her smooth delivery to the gab prevalent around the league.

– PHRASES
gift of gab (mainly British also gift of the gab)
the ability to speak with eloquence and fluency:

I was lucky enough to have the gift of gab, so I could make a living.

– ORIGIN late Middle English : probably from an obsolete word with the same spelling meaning ‘mock, scoff, tell lies’.