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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BLAB, v.t.
1. To utter or tell in a thoughtless manner; to publish secrets or trifles without discretion. It implies, says Johnson, rather thoughtlessness than treachery, but may be used in either sense.
2. To tell, or utter; in a good sense.
BLAB, v.i. To tattle; to tell tales.
BLAB, n. A babbler; a telltale; one who betrays secrets, or tell things which ought to be kept secret.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful-- his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth]
2: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English blabbe; akin to Middle English blaberen Date: 14th century 1. archaic one that blabs ; tattletale 2. idle or excessive talk ; chatter • blabby adjective II. verb (blabbed; blabbing) Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to talk idly or thoughtlessly 2. to reveal a secret especially by indiscreet chatter transitive verb to reveal especially without reserve or discretion <blabbed the whole affair to the press>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. (blabbed, blabbing) 1 intr. a talk foolishly or indiscreetly. b reveal secrets. 2 tr. reveal (a secret etc.) by indiscreet talk. --n. a person who blabs. Etymology: ME prob. f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Blab Blab, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blabbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Blabbing.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan. blabbre, G. plappern, Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. also Blubber, v.] To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion. --Udall. And yonder a vile physician blabbing The case of his patient. --Tennyson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Blab Blab, v. i. To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales. She must burst or blab. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Blab Blab, n. [OE. blabbe.] One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale. ``Avoided as a blab.'' --Milton. For who will open himself to a blab or a babbler. --Bacon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(blabs, blabbing, blabbed) If someone blabs about something secret, they tell people about it. (INFORMAL) Her mistake was to blab about their affair... No blabbing to your mates!... She'll blab it all over the school. VERB: V about n, V to n, V n prep, also V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Betray, disclose, reveal, divulge, let out, speak out, prate abroad, tattle abroad. II. v. n. Tattle, prattle, prate, blow, blabber, tell tales, tell a secret, let the cat out of the bag, tell tales out of school. III. n. Prater, tattler, babbler, tell-tale, blabber.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A tell-tale, or one incapable of keeping a secret

Moby Thesaurus

agreeable rattle, babble, babblement, babbler, bavardage, be indiscreet, be unguarded, bear witness against, betray, betray a confidence, betrayer, bibble-babble, big talker, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, blah-blah, blather, blatherer, blether, blethers, blow the whistle, blurt, blurt out, broadcast, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, chat, chatter, chatterbox, chatterer, chitter-chatter, clack, clatter, delator, disclose, dither, divulge, expose, fink, gab, gabber, gabble, gabbler, gas, gasbag, gibber, gibble-gabble, gibble-gabbler, give away, go on, gossip, great talker, guff, gush, haver, hot air, hot-air artist, idle chatterer, idle talk, inform, inform against, inform on, informer, jabber, jabberer, jaw, jay, leak, let drop, let fall, let slip, magpie, mere talk, moulin a paroles, narc, natter, noise about, nonsense talk, palaver, patter, patterer, peach, peacher, pour forth, prate, prater, prating, prattle, prattler, prittle-prattle, ramble on, rat, rattle, rattle on, reel off, reveal, reveal a secret, rumor, run on, sell out, sing, snitch, snitch on, snitcher, spill, spill the beans, spout, spout off, spy, squeal, squealer, stool, stool pigeon, stoolie, talebearer, talk, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, tattle, tattle on, tattler, tattletale, tell on, tell secrets, tell tales, telltale, testify against, tittle-tattle, turn informer, twaddle, twattle, waffle, whistle-blower, windbag, windjammer, word-slinger, yak, yakkety-yak