gab
English
/ɡæb/
noun
Definitions
- Idle chatter.
- The mouth or gob.
- One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English gabben derived from Old English gabban (delude, mock, scoff, jest) derived from Old Norse gabba (mock, make sport of) derived from Proto-Germanic *gabbaną (mock, jest) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (seize, hold, have, be split, take, be forked, gape).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ghabh-
Gloss
seize, hold, have, be split, take, be forked, gape
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- baffle English
- bafflegab English
- begab English
- forgab English
- gabber English
- gabberhouse English
- gabbiness English
- gabble English
- gabblement English
- gabbler English
- gabby English
- gabfest English
- inhabitans Latin
- *ghabh- Proto-Indo-European
- *gabbaną Proto-Germanic
- gabban Old English
- bigabben Middle English
- forgabben Middle English
- gabben Middle English
- gabba Old Norse
- gaber Old French
- gabba Icelandic