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gab

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gab /ɡab / 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 [mass noun] talk; chatter:
fans should prefer her smooth delivery to the gab prevalent around the league.
– PHRASES
the gift of the gab (North American English gift of gab)
the ability to speak with eloquence and fluency:
my friend had the gift of the gab and gradually defused the situation.
– ORIGIN late Middle English: probably from an obsolete word with the same spelling meaning ‘mock, scoff, tell lies’.