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gab
English
Etymology
From Middle English gabben, from Old English gabban (“to scoff, mock, delude, jest”) and Old Norse gabba (“to mock, make sport of”); both from Proto-Germanic *gabb?n? (“to mock, jest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to be split, be forked, gape”). Cognate with Scots gab (“to mock, prate”), North Frisian gabben (“to jest, sport”), Middle Dutch gabben (“to mock”), Middle Low German gabben (“to jest, have fun”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æb/
- Rhymes: -æb
Noun
gab (countable and uncountable, plural gabs)
- Idle chatter.
- The mouth or gob.
- One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:talkative
Derived terms
- bafflegab
- begab
- gabby
- gift of the gab
Translations
Verb
gab (third-person singular simple present gabs, present participle gabbing, simple past and past participle gabbed)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie.
- (intransitive) To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.
- (transitive, obsolete) To speak or tell falsely.
Translations
Anagrams
- ABG, AGB, BGA, GBA, bag
Amanab
Noun
gab
- a large dove
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse gap, verbal noun to gapa (“to gape”).
Noun
gab n (singular definite gabet, plural indefinite gab)
- mouth, jaws
- yawn
- gap
Inflection
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?p/
- Rhymes: -a?p
Verb
gab
- first/third-person singular preterite of geben
Old French
Alternative forms
- gaab
- gap
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse gabb.
Noun
gab m (oblique plural gas, nominative singular gas, nominative plural gab)
- joke
Related terms
- gaber
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (gab)
- gab on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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sab
English
Etymology
Short for sabotage.
Verb
sab (third-person singular simple present sabs, present participle sabbing, simple past and past participle sabbed)
- (informal) To sabotage, especially fox hunts in opposition to blood sports.
Noun
sab (plural sabs)
- (informal) A saboteur, especially of fox hunts.
Anagrams
- ABS, ABs, Abs, B. A. S., B.A.S., B.A.s, BAS, BAs, BSA, SBA, abs, abs-, abs., bas
Catalan
Verb
sab
- Obsolete form of sap.
Cornish
Noun
sab f (singulative saben)
- pines
Synonyms
- pin
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French sable (“sand”)
Noun
sab
- sand
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ???????? (?a??ba). Compare Moroccan Arabic ???? (??b).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?p/
Verb
sab (imperfect jsib, past participle misjub)
- to find
- to find (something) useful
- to catch
- to look for
- to find out, to realise
Conjugation
Scots
Noun
sab (plural sabs)
- sob
Verb
sab
- sob
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