Gab

Definition of gab:

part of speech: noun

Idle chatter; talkativeness.

part of speech: verb

To talk much and idly.

part of speech: noun

Talkativeness; loquacity.

part of speech: noun

In steam- engines, the name given to the hook on the end of the eccentric rod opposite the strap.

Usage examples for gab:

• The talk among the men who shouldered one another in the street and swapped grins and gab revealed that not all of them were ready to volunteer as spurred roosters, ready for hazard. "Joan of Arc of the North Woods", Holman Day.

• You have all the tricks of the stage hero- secret passages, fancy weapons, and- crowning glory- a fatal gift of gab "The Stolen Singer", Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger.