gab

Speech parts

1. gab - Noun

2. gab - Verb

3. Gab - Proper noun

Meaning

The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric.

The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness.

To deceive; to lie.

To talk idly; to prate; to chatter.

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Examples

I've never used chat-up lines; I don't have the gift of the gab. Ricky Whittle

I'm really not good with the pickups. I'm a klutz and don't have a line of gab. I'm only good if they know who I am. So I'll just sit and wait for somebody to say, "Aren't you ... ?" and then go from there. Iggy Pop

• Detailed listing of the Farm-to-market road projects under the Department of Agriculture is now found in Volume II-A of the GAA. This is used to be a lump sum appropriation Mr. President both under the NEP and the GAB. Francis Escudero

Augmentation, on the other hand, Mr. President, is defined in the GAB as the act of filling up a deficiency in any existing P/A/P of an agency or office from savings in other items of the said agency's appropriations, and therefore, a non-existent P/A/P cannot be funded by augmentation from savings. Francis Escudero

When Little Richard used to stand up and play it was just fabulous, and Liberace had the candlesticks and the rings and the gift of the gab. The piano's is the most ungainly rock' n' roll instrument of all time but those two people transcended it, as did Jerry Lee Lewis. Elton John

Some people are born good-looking. Some have the gift of gab. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Whether we like it or not, Mother Nature does not dole these characteristics out evenly. Simon Sinek

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