blab

[blab] / blæb /

VERB

gossip

Synonyms

STRONGEST

divulge tell on

STRONG

babble betray blather chatter disclose gab gabble jabber mouth peach prattle reveal spill squeal tattle tell yak

WEAK

blurt out give away go on let out let slip run off at the mouth run on shoot the breeze spill the beans talk through one's hat yakety-yak

Antonyms

STRONG

be quiet conceal hide

WEAK

shut up

Example Sentences

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I was probably about 2 or 3 then, just trying to blab, because the early nurses I had when I was a kid had said that I had delayed speech or something called “selective mutism.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

"All the 'career prosecutors' I know would never ever blab to a reporter about an ongoing case," tweets lawyer Tristan Snell.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2022

‘I just had to blab it all out there,” Jenny Lewis says, with a sigh.

From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2019

I know these people are professionals who are not supposed to leak, but things leak all the time and people love to blab.

From Slate • May 1, 2018

And just as naturally, they find the nearest person and blab.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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