blabber


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blab·ber

 (blăb′ər)
intr.v. blab·bered, blab·ber·ing, blab·bers
To chatter; babble.
n.
1. Idle chatter.
2. A blabbermouth.

[Middle English blaberen.]
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blabber

(ˈblæbə)
n
1. a person who blabs
2. idle chatter
vb
(intr) to talk without thinking; chatter
[C15 blabberen, probably of imitative origin]
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blabber


Past participle: blabbered
Gerund: blabbering

Imperative
blabber
blabber
Present
I blabber
you blabber
he/she/it blabbers
we blabber
you blabber
they blabber
Preterite
I blabbered
you blabbered
he/she/it blabbered
we blabbered
you blabbered
they blabbered
Present Continuous
I am blabbering
you are blabbering
he/she/it is blabbering
we are blabbering
you are blabbering
they are blabbering
Present Perfect
I have blabbered
you have blabbered
he/she/it has blabbered
we have blabbered
you have blabbered
they have blabbered
Past Continuous
I was blabbering
you were blabbering
he/she/it was blabbering
we were blabbering
you were blabbering
they were blabbering
Past Perfect
I had blabbered
you had blabbered
he/she/it had blabbered
we had blabbered
you had blabbered
they had blabbered
Future
I will blabber
you will blabber
he/she/it will blabber
we will blabber
you will blabber
they will blabber
Future Perfect
I will have blabbered
you will have blabbered
he/she/it will have blabbered
we will have blabbered
you will have blabbered
they will have blabbered
Future Continuous
I will be blabbering
you will be blabbering
he/she/it will be blabbering
we will be blabbering
you will be blabbering
they will be blabbering
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been blabbering
you have been blabbering
he/she/it has been blabbering
we have been blabbering
you have been blabbering
they have been blabbering
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been blabbering
you will have been blabbering
he/she/it will have been blabbering
we will have been blabbering
you will have been blabbering
they will have been blabbering
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been blabbering
you had been blabbering
he/she/it had been blabbering
we had been blabbering
you had been blabbering
they had been blabbering
Conditional
I would blabber
you would blabber
he/she/it would blabber
we would blabber
you would blabber
they would blabber
Past Conditional
I would have blabbered
you would have blabbered
he/she/it would have blabbered
we would have blabbered
you would have blabbered
they would have blabbered
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.blabber - one who reveals confidential information in return for moneyblabber - one who reveals confidential information in return for money
canary, fink, snitch, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon, sneaker, snitcher, sneak - someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
informant, source - a person who supplies information
copper's nark, nark - an informer or spy working for the police
supergrass, grass - a police informer who implicates many people
Verb1.blabber - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantlyblabber - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
blather, blether, blither, smatter, babble - to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
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blabber

verb
To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially:
Informal: go on, spiel.
Slang: gab, gas, jaw, yak.
noun
Incessant and usually inconsequential talk:
Slang: gab, gas, yak.
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Translations

blabber

[ˈblæbəʳ] VI (also blabber on) → charlotear, parlar
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blabber

[ˈblæbəʳ] vi (fam) → parlare a vanvera
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