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Definitions: Blab |
BlabVerb1. Divulge information or secrets; spill the beans; "Be careful--his secretary talks". 2. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "blab" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Slang in 1811 | BLAB. A tell-tale, or one incapable of keeping a secret. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BLAB | English | Biotechnology of Lactic Acid Bacteria | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: BlabSynonyms: babble (v), babble out (v), blab out (v), blabber (v), chatter (v), clack (v), gabble (v), gibber (v), maunder (v), palaver (v), peach (v), piffle (v), prate (v), prattle (v), sing (v), talk (v), tattle (v), tittle-tattle (v), twaddle (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: keep quiet (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disclosure | Divulge, reveal, break; squeal, tattle, sing, rat, snitch; let into the secret; reveal the secrets of the prison house; tell; (inform); breathe, utter, blab, peach; let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag; betray; tell tales, come out of school; come out with; give vent, give utterance to; open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about; speak out; (make manifest); make public; unriddle; (find out) a; split. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Blab |
| English words defined with "blab": blab out, Blabbed, Blabbing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "blab": BLAB. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Blab" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Blab" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 50% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 30% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 20% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "blab": blab out ♦ go blab. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
blab | 23 |
blab golden tee | 5 |
blab tv | 5 |
blab uwe | 5 |
blab greeting card | 3 |
blab card | 2 |
blab greeting | 2 |
blab e card | 2 |
blab golden | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "blab"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | llomotis (cackle, clack, gab, jabber, prate, splutter, waffle), llafazan (babbler, big mouth, blabber, blatant, chatterbox, chatterer, chatty, diffusive, flibbertigibbet, gabber, garrulous, gasbag, gossip, gossipmonger, gossipy, long-tongued, loose-tongued, magpie, mouther, popinjay, prattler, rattle-box, rattler, rattletrap, sieve, spieler, storyteller, talebearer, talkative, tattler, tattletale, telltale, windbag), flas poshtë e lart. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الثرثار (blabber, chatterbox, clapper, talker, twaddle, windbag), أفشى سرا (betray, disclose, divulge, expose, let on, repeat), ثرثرة (babble, blabber, boastfulness, breeze, cackle, chat, chatter, clatter, gab, gabble, garrulity, gas, gibberish, jabber, jactitation, logorrhea, loquacity, patter, prate, prattle, rattle, talkativeness, tattler, tittle tattle, twaddle, yap), ثرثر (babble, blabber, bluster, chatter, clack, clatter, crack, gabble, gas, gibber, give oneself airs, gossip, jabber, jangle, jaw, natter, palaver, patter, prate, prattle, quack, rap, rumble, shoot one's mouth off, smatter, talk, tattle, twaddle, twitter, yap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | издавам тайна (babble, repeat, spill the beans, tell), дрънкане (chink, clink, gab, jangle, plunk, rattle, tattle, thrum, tinkle), дрънкам (cank, chin, chink, cosher, gab, jangle, jingle, plunk, prate, rattle, tinkle, twaddle), дрънкало (blabber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tlachat (cackle, chatter, gas, jaw, palaver, talk, tittle tattle, waffle, yap), žvanit (babble, burble, cackle, gabble, gas, natter, palaver, pettifog, piffle, prate, prattle, rattle, spout, talk, tattle, tittle tattle, twaddle, waffle, yap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فضولی کردن (Meddle, Presume, Rubberneck), فضول (Blabber, Busybody, Inquisitive, Meddlesome, Nosey, Nosy, Obtruder, Obtrusive, Officious, Pry, Pryer), فاش وابرازکردن , گستاخی کردن (Brazen), وراجی کردن 2 (Rattle, Verbalize, Yak, Yaup, Yawp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lörpötellä (babble, chat, chatter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bavarder, raconter les secrets, jaser. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ausplaudern (babble out, divulge, let out, to blab, to divulge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φλυαρώ αδιάκριτα, ακριτολογώ (blurt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fecsegés (babble, blat, blatter, cackle, chaffering, chat, chatter, clack, clash, driveling, drivelling, gab, gabble, gossiping, jabber, jangle, lip, loquacity, palaver, piffle, prattle, small talk, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle), fecsegő (babbler, chatty, driveling, drivelling, gassy, gossiping, rambler, talker, tatler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | banyak bicara. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spifferare (blurt, blurt out), rivelare indiscretamente, ciarlare (blather, chatter, natter, tattle), chiacchierare (chat, chatter, gossip, natter, prate, rap, talk, tattle, twaddle, visit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | bloberaght (babble, divulgation, divulge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | abblay trair segredos, tagarelice (blather, blether, chat, chatter, chirp chirrup, chitchat, gab, gabble, gossiping, jabber, jaw, patter, prate, tittle tattle), tagarela (babbler, bletherskite, cackler, chatterbox, chatty, clat, gabbler, Gabby, garrulous, jays, loquacious, milk and water, praties, talkative, tattler, telltale), ser indiscreto, falar demais. (various references) vorbi fãrã rost, flecar (babbler, cackler, chatterbox, chatty, driveller, flibbertigibbet, flippant, garrulous, magpie, rattler, sieve, talkative, talker, talky, telltale, windbag), flecãri (babble, blether, cackle, chatter, gossip, humbug, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle, talk, tattle, tittle tattle), divulga un secret (betray a secret). (various references) болтать (cank, chat, chatter, chin, confabulate, cosher, gab, haver, jabber, natter, prate, prattle, rattle, shoot the breeze, tattle, twitter, witter). (various references) nagovoriti (blandish, cajole, coax, inveigle, over-persuade, persuade, prevail, talk into), izbrbljati (babble, blurt). (various references) chismorrear. (various references) skvallra (blow the gaff, chew the fat, gossip, let on, natter, peach, sneak, talk, tattle, tell, tell tales, tittle tattle). (various references) ปากเปราะ. (various references) boşboğazlık etmek (babble, shoot off one's mouth, talk indiscreetly, tattle), boşboğaz (babbler, chatterbox, communicative, gabbler, Gabby, garrulous, indiscreet, platitudinarian, raunchy, sieve, tattler), gevezelik etmek (babble, cackle, chat, chatter, clack, gabble, gossip, natter, prate, prattle, tattle), geveze (babbler, chatterer, chattering, chatty, gabbler, Gabby, garrulous, gasbag, gossipy, gushing, gushy, indiscreet, loquacious, mouthy, Prater, prattler, rattlebrain, rattle-pated, talkative, talky, voluble, windbag, windjammer), ağzından kaçırmak (babble, babble out smth., betray, blab out, blunder out, blurt out, let fall, rap out, tattle), çenesi düşük (chatty, talkative). (various references) булька (blister, bubble), базікати (babble, blather, burble, cackle, chatter, chin, clatter, expatiate, footle, gab, gabble, gossip, haver, jabber, natter, parleyvoo, piffle, prate, spiel, tattle, tittle tattle, twitter, waffle, wag, wiggle-waggle, yak, yak-yak, yarn), базікання (babble, babbling, blather, blether, bunkum, burble, cackle, chatter, chit chat, clatter, flubdub, gabble, gossip, jabber, piffle, prate, spiel, talk, tattle, tittle tattle, tootle, twaddle, twitter, waffle, wind, yak-yak), балакун (babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, conversationalist, rattler), балакати (babble, chat, palaver, prose). (various references) prepian (babble), clepian (bang, clap, slam), clepgi (babbler, tattletale, telltale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "blab": blabbed, blabber, blabbered, blabbering, blabbermouth, blabbermouths, blabbers, blabbing, blabby, blabs. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "blab": liblab. (additional references) | |
Words containing "blab": liblabs, semblable, semblables, semblably. (additional references) | |
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"Blab" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: balb, Balbi, Balbo, Balnab, Bawb, bcab, Beab, bhabi, Bilba, bla, blaaa, blac, blad, blag, Blak, blam, blan, blap, blar, blau, blav, blaw, blax, blaz, blbb, Bleasby, blerb, blev, blewb, blinb, bliv, Boab, Bolab, btlb, bylag, elab, Hbdab, nlab, nlba, plab. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-l" | |
-1 letter: alb, bal, lab. | |
-2 letters: ab, al, ba, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-l" | |
+1 letter: babel, babul, blabs, bubal. | |
+2 letters: babble, babels, babool, babuls, balboa, barbal, barbel, bauble, bilboa, blabby, bubale, bubals, bulbar, dabble, flabby, gabble, liblab, rabble, wabble, wabbly. | |
+3 letters: abubble, babbled, babbler, babbles, babools, balboas, barbell, barbels, barbule, baubles, belabor, bilboas, bitable, blabbed, blabber, blaubok, bobtail, brabble, bramble, brambly, bubales, bubalis, bullbat, buyable, cabbala, clabber, dabbled, dabbler, dabbles, drabble, gabbled, gabbler, gabbles, grabble, kabbala, liblabs, rabbled, rabbler, rabbles, scabble, slabbed, slabber, wabbled, wabbler, wabbles. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6C 61 62 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .-.. .- -... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101100 01100001 01100010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B l a b |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006C 0061 0062 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36786768 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Abbreviations 10. Acronyms 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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