Meaning of Gab | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A diminutive of the male given name Gabriel.
2. Initialism of gender-atypical behavior.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
3. Idle chatter.
   countable, uncountable
4. The mouth or gob.
   countable, uncountable
5. One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Ah, find some chirk in ye, lad. Now is the time for gab and chatter. Y’best be enjoying it. Come a fortnight and the brace of us’ll be wantin’ to be ever silent as the tomb. Even to clap eyes on each other... It’ll make y’hotter than hell!”

“Loose eccentric reversing gear gave way about 1836 to the early forms of gab motion. [...] In 1840 Stephenson evolved a motion in which the gabs were connected directly to the valve spindle.”

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