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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

accents, babble, babblement, balderdash, balls, bavardage, bazoo, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blarney, blather, blether, blethers, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, chaps, chat, chatter, chitter-chatter, chops, clack, clatter, comment, conversation, converse, crap, declaim, discourse, dither, drivel, elocution, embouchure, eyewash, flummery, gabble, garbage, gas, gibber, gibble-gabble, go on, gob, gobbledygook, gossip, guff, gush, haver, hogwash, hot air, idle talk, jabber, jaw, jaws, jowls, kisser, language, lips, mandibles, maw, maxilla, mere talk, moonshine, mouth, mug, mumbo-jumbo, mush, muzzle, natter, nonsense, nonsense talk, oral cavity, oral communication, palaver, parole, patter, piffle, poppycock, pour forth, prate, prating, prattle, premaxilla, prittle-prattle, ramble on, rapping, rattle, rattle on, reel off, rot, rubbish, run on, shit, speak, speaking, speech, spout, spout off, stuff and nonsense, talk, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, talking, tittle-tattle, trap, twaddle, twattle, waffle, wag the tongue, words, yak, yakkety-yak, yakking, yap

Dictionary Results for gab:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

gab
    n 1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn:
         chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab,
         gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-
         wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie]
    v 1: talk profusely; "she was yakking away about her
         grandchildren" [syn: yak, gab]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gab \Gab\, v. i. [OE. gabben to jest, lie, mock, deceive, fr.
   Icel. gabba to mock, or OF. gaber. See 2d Gab, and cf.
   Gabble.]
   1. To deceive; to lie. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   2. To talk idly; to prate; to chatter. --Holinshed.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gab \Gab\ (g[a^]b), n. [Cf. Gaff.] (Steam Engine)
   The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap.
   See. Illust. of Eccentric.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gab \Gab\, n. [OE. gabbe gabble, mocking, fr. Icel. gabb
   mocking, mockery, or OF. gab, gabe; perh. akin to E. gape, or
   gob. Cf. Gab, v. i., Gibber.]
   The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk;
   loquaciousness. [Colloq.]
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   Gift of gab, facility of expression. [Colloq.]
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