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blab

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1. blab - Noun

2. blab - Verb

Meaning

To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion.

To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales.

One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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She speaketh as she would créepe into your bosome. And when the meale mouth hath woon the bottome of your stomake, than will the pickthanke it tell To your most enmies, you to bye and fell. To tell tales out of schoole, that is hir great lust. Looke what she knowth, blab it wist, out it must. John Heywood

The salt said, look by the sea, Your tears are not enough praise, You will find no comfort here, In the kingdom of bang and blab. Theodore Roethke

Soft lads who blab. Mark E. Smith

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. Jack Welch

He that is a blab is a scab. Romanian Proverb

Blab is wist and out it must. Romanian Proverb

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