Meaning of "blab" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BLAB

Of Germanic origin; compare Old High German blabbizōn, Icelandic blabbra.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BLAB

blab  [blæb]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLAB

Blab is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb blab in English.

WHAT DOES BLAB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

BLAB!

Blab! is a comics anthology edited by Monte Beauchamp. Though its primary focus is comics, it regularly features articles with non-comics illustration and graphic design. Early issues were published by Kitchen Sink Press. Issues #9–18 were published annually by Fantagraphics Books in a 120-page, 10" x 10" square format featuring both black-and-white and color art. In 2003, Chronicle Books published the book collection New & Used Blab!. As the title suggests, one half of the book consists of selections from previous issues while the other half features new works by frequent contributors. Several solo books by individual Blab! contributors have been published with the subtitle "A Blab! Storybook." 2007's issue #18 was the final edition of Blab!; in 2010, Last Gasp published the first issue of the hardcover Blab World, which replaces Blab!...

Definition of blab in the English dictionary

The definition of blab in the dictionary is to divulge indiscreetly. Other definition of blab is to chatter thoughtlessly; prattle.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BLAB

PRESENT

Present

I blab

you blab

he/she/it blabs

we blab

you blab

they blab

Present continuous

I am blabbing

you are blabbing

he/she/it is blabbing

we are blabbing

you are blabbing

they are blabbing

Present perfect

I have blabbed

you have blabbed

he/she/it has blabbed

we have blabbed

you have blabbed

they have blabbed

Present perfect continuous

I have been blabbing

you have been blabbing

he/she/it has been blabbing

we have been blabbing

you have been blabbing

they have been blabbing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I blabbed

you blabbed

he/she/it blabbed

we blabbed

you blabbed

they blabbed

Past continuous

I was blabbing

you were blabbing

he/she/it was blabbing

we were blabbing

you were blabbing

they were blabbing

Past perfect

I had blabbed

you had blabbed

he/she/it had blabbed

we had blabbed

you had blabbed

they had blabbed

Past perfect continuous

I had been blabbing

you had been blabbing

he/she/it had been blabbing

we had been blabbing

you had been blabbing

they had been blabbing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will blab

you will blab

he/she/it will blab

we will blab

you will blab

they will blab

Future continuous

I will be blabbing

you will be blabbing

he/she/it will be blabbing

we will be blabbing

you will be blabbing

they will be blabbing

Future perfect

I will have blabbed

you will have blabbed

he/she/it will have blabbed

we will have blabbed

you will have blabbed

they will have blabbed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been blabbing

you will have been blabbing

he/she/it will have been blabbing

we will have been blabbing

you will have been blabbing

they will have been blabbing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would blab

you would blab

he/she/it would blab

we would blab

you would blab

they would blab

Conditional continuous

I would be blabbing

you would be blabbing

he/she/it would be blabbing

we would be blabbing

you would be blabbing

they would be blabbing

Conditional perfect

I would have blab

you would have blab

he/she/it would have blab

we would have blab

you would have blab

they would have blab

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been blabbing

you would have been blabbing

he/she/it would have been blabbing

we would have been blabbing

you would have been blabbing

they would have been blabbing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you blab
we let´s blab
you blab

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to blab

Past participle

blabbed

Present Participle

blabbing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BLAB»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «blab» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of blab

blow the gaff · disclose · divulge · give away · gossip · let slip · let the cat out of the bag · reveal · sing · spill the beans · tattle · tell

TRANSLATION OF BLAB

Find out the translation of blab to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of blab from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blab» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 多嘴
• Translator English - Spanish: blab
• English: blab
• Translator English - Hindi: बकना
• Translator English - Arabic: ثرثار
• Translator English - Russian: разбалтывать
• Translator English - Portuguese: tagarela
• Translator English - Bengali: বক্বক্ করা
• Translator English - French: jaser
• Translator English - Malay: Blab
• Translator English - German: ausplaudern
• Translator English - Japanese: ベラベラしゃべること
• Translator English - Korean: blab
• Translator English - Javanese: Blab
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nhạy miệng
• Translator English - Tamil: பிதற்று
• Translator English - Marathi: बडबड
• Translator English - Turkish: çenesi düşük
• Translator English - Italian: chiacchierare
• Translator English - Polish: paplać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: розбовтувати
• Translator English - Romanian: flecări
• Translator English - Greek: blab
• Translator English - Afrikaans: klappen
• Translator English - Swedish: blab
• Translator English - Norwegian: blab

2 QUOTES WITH «BLAB»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blab.

1

Peter Agre

So, my advice to young scientists is, think critically about your work; probably don't blab unnecessarily.

2

Jack Welch

Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It's just cultural. People just don't want to do it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLAB»

Discover the use of blab in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blab and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

New and Used Blab!

New "BLAB!" and "Used BLAB!," now together in one edition, make the most impressive and expressive illustration and comics compendium around.

Monte Beauchamp, 2002

Blab World

Blab World No.1 defies description - neither book nor magazine, it is simply a work of art. Over the last decade, Blab! has accrued countless design awards and honours.

Monte Beauchamp, 2010

A Guide To English Grammar: Conjugation of Verbs Volume 1

I blab 1. We blab 2. You blab 2. You blab 3. He/she/it blabs 3. They blab Past Tense Singular Plural 1. I blabbed 1. We blabbed 2. You blabbed 2. You blabbed 3. He/she/it blabbed 3. They blabbed Future Tense Singular Plural 1. I shall blab 1.

Bessie Brooks, 2013

Limiting the Arbitrary: Linguistic Naturalism and Its ...

This would be translated: The blab blab, which has nursed the blabs of blabs, calls upon you for the blab blab which you, in whom flows blab blood, will not fail, and which will echo blab down the blabs of blab. The 'blab' is not an attempt to be  ...

John Earl Joseph, 2000

The English dialect dictionary

BLAB, o.' and sb.1 1n gm. dial. use in Se. Irel. and En . Also written blob e.Lan.l s. Chs.l Stf.“ \Nar. w.\ or.1 Shr.1 Glo.1 Sur.I Sus.l [blab, blceb.] l. ii. To chatter. to gossip; to reveal secrets. Se. (JAIL) Lrlk. He thocht if he was fa'n' 'Twad blab an' tcll't ...

J. Wright, 2004

Sabkha Ecosystems: Volume III: Africa and Southern Europe

EN:D1 Enarthrocarpus arcuatus VU:D2 tabernaemontani Erodium crassifolium VUD2 Silene kotschyi var. maritima EN:Blab(iii,v) + 2ab(iii,v) Euphorbia paralias EN:A4ac Suaeda aegyptiaca EN:Blab(iii,v) + 2ab(iii,v) Ferulago syriaca VU:D2 ...

M. Öztürk, Hans-J rg Barth, Benno Böer, 2010

Hey! You Guys: Ever Been Out in a Boat Before?

Henry and I caught fish and relaxed, while May and Gina slackjawed (blab, blab, blab)away. (I thought up that word, I think you like it?) Well anyway, because we fisher men become so involved in our “profession”, we don't have time to keep a ...

Gary Blouse, 2010

The ABCs of Green Industry Communications

For example, if the editor shares membership in a professional association, state in the subject line, “query - Blab blab member forwards proposal for national feature article”. Another effective strategy is to attach a few photographs that ...

Sylvia Wright

The Status and Distribution of Reptiles and Amphibians of ...

... Blab(iii)+2ab(iii) Y Anura Ranidae Rana cretensis Endangered (EN) Blab(iii)+ 2ab(iii) Y Anura Ranidae Rana dalmatina Least Concern (LQ N Anura Ranidae Rana epeirotica Vulnerable (VU) Blab(iii) Y Anura Ranidae Rana esculenta Least ...

Neil Cox, Janice Chanson, Simon Stuart, 2006

Endnotes: The Final Journal

Chase cautions against using abstract words and phrases that don't have real- world referents. He'll take a passage and substitute blab for any term without a referent. Here's an example, a rather obvious one, from early in his book (p.21): The ...

Frank Robert Vivelo

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLAB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blab is used in the context of the following news items.

The Next Stage in the Global Monetary Crisis…

Recognising the contributions of his trade, the head of the local Masonic lodge was handed the microphone to blab the usual felicitations. «Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition, Jul 15»

General Hospital Spoilers: Lucky Spencer Says Liz and Jason's Son …

Maxie will no doubt blab that Valerie Spencer (Brytni Sarpi) was keeping her hubby company, but Lulu won't be suspicious yet – she'll be too ... «Celebrity Dirty Laundry, Jul 15»

'The Bachelorette': Oh, AlamNO.

And Lenny Bruce is left to worry that Wesley Snipes will be anything but a gentleman and go straight to the men to blab everything. Which he ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»

Tour de France 2015: Johnny Hoogerland interview

“I had spoken with some teams, but they all said 'we are interested but we want to wait, blab la bla,' and there were a lot of riders on the market. So when I got ... «Rouleur, Jul 15»

Forgotten Books: Sophocles' Women of Trachis

And what if the dying Heracles should blab on and on about his pain? It is not realistic, but it is not real: the book confesses itself to be art, not ... «Edmonton Journal, Jul 15»

The “Beer Theory of Credit Quality”

The Germans and Greeks can blab, hondle, and bluff all they want. It won't go away. According to financial services company Credit Suisse, ... «Smarter Analyst, Jul 15»

GOP's Obamacare nuclear option: Will they nix the filibuster to …

When you hear conservative entertainment personalities like Sarah Palin or Mark Levin or whoever blab on about how they may form a third, ... «Salon, Jul 15»

Vashon's amateur radio operators use national exercise to tune their …

After several years, she still prefers, she said, “to press talk and blab.” Still, limited knowledge is enough to remain connected on the island, ... «Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, Jul 15»

The Bachelorette recap: Kaitlyn and Nick's secret is safe, for now

Nick assured her he wouldn't blab. And then he cried a little about how “terrified” he was. “It wasn't easy last time; it's not easy this time,” he said ... «Toronto Star, Jun 15»

Barlow's Beef: What sort of friend am I?

Today you blab it all over Facebook for everyone to read. This has a number of distinct advantages. 1. You can really annoy your ex. 2. If he/she ... «Wilmslow.co.uk, Jun 15»