blab – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to blab
Participle: blabbed
Gerund: blabbing

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of blab

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	blab
we	Let's blab
you	blab

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to communicate to someone else by means of speech

articulate, babble, chat, chatter, converse, discuss, jabber, quethe, say, speak, talk, verbalize, yammer

to talk about someone else's private or personal business

chelp, clepe, dish, dish the dirt, gossip, jaunder, labrish, shoot the shit, talk out of turn, tattle, tell tales out of school, tittle-tattle

to talk too much; to talk idly

babble, bat the breeze, blabber, blather, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, chinwag, chit-chat, chunner, clack, claver, clepe, drivel, gabble, gibber, go on, jabber, maunder, natter, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, rabbit, rabbit on, ramble, shoot the breeze, shoot the bull, shoot the shit, smatter, tattle, twaddle, waffle, wibble, witter, yabber, yack, yap, yatter

tell

reveal, disclose, divulge, prattle, jabber, tattle, babble, gab

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English blabben (“to talk foolishly”), perhaps from Middle English blabbe (“idle talk; talebearer”). Compare Middle English blaberen (“to blabber, babble”), Middle High German blabezen (“to stammer, babble”). See: Middle High German 'blabezen'.

Sample Sentences