Blabbing
61gabby — adj talkative, loquacious, voluble, garrulous, glib; wordy, diffuse, verbose, prolix, long winded, Sl. windy, Sl. gassy; effusive, gushing, gushy, bubbling, blabbing, pattering; chattering, clacking, babbling, blathering, prattling, jabbering;… …
62garrulous — adj talkative, loquacious, voluble, gabby, glib; wordy, diffuse, verbose, prolix, long winded, Sl. windy, Sl. gassy; effusive, gushing, gushy, bubbling, blabbing, pattering; chattering, clacking, babbling, blathering, prattling, jabbering;… …
63patter — I v 1. tiptoe, walk lightly; scurry, scuttle, trip along, skip, hie. 2. tap, pitter patter, drum, pound, beat; thrum, palpitate, pulsate. 3. spatter, sprinkle, splash, plash; fleck, dapple, stipple. n 4. pitter patter, tapping, rat a tat,… …
64prate — v 1. palaver, blab, bleat, Inf. gab; gush, Inf. spout, Sl. run off or on at the mouth; gossip, buzz, tell tales, repeat everything one hears; be loquacious or talkative, ramble, maunder. 2. babble, twaddle, Brit. twattle, blather, drivel; talk… …
65talk — v 1. communicate, converse, exchange ideas, Sl. rap or rap with, speak with or to, have a talk or little talk with; consult, confer or confer with, check with, parley, Archaic. parle, palaver, discuss, talk over, consider. 2. gossip, buzz, tell… …
66tattle — v 1. blab, blurt out, gush, Inf. spout; let slip, reveal, divulge secrets; tattletale, tell on, inform on, Inf. snitch on, Sl. squeal on, Sl. rat on, Sl. fink on. 2. gossip, tittle tattle, buzz, talk idly, Sl. shoot the breeze, Inf. gab, Sl. gas …
67blab — [c]/blæb / (say blab) verb (blabbed, blabbing) –verb (t) 1. to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly. –verb (i) 2. to talk or chatter indiscreetly and thoughtlessly. 3. to let out a secret; tell tales; talk. –noun 4. idle, indiscreet chattering.… …
68blab — informal ► VERB (blabbed, blabbing) ▪ reveal secrets by indiscreet talk. ► NOUN ▪ a person who blabs. ORIGIN imitative …
69fool, you — A common insult since the seventeenth century, perhaps used with more insulting contempt now than then. In Shakespeare’s time ‘fool’, ‘poor fool’, and the like could be used on occasion as terms of endearment or genuine pity. In modern times… …
70blab — [blab] vt., vi. blabbed, blabbing [ME blabben: see BLABBER] 1. to give away (a secret) in idle chatter 2. to chatter; prattle n. 1. loose chatter; gossip 2. a person who blabs …