blabber

/blæb/
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blabber

A child blabbers excitedly about his day at school.

Definition

  1. Verb:

    • To speak rapidly, continuously, and often about trivial or unimportant matters; to chatter idly.
    • To reveal a secret or confidential information carelessly or indiscreetly.

  2. Noun:

    • A person who talks incessantly about unimportant things.
    • A person who reveals secrets or confidential information.
Usage
  • Verb: The verb "blabber" is often used informally and can imply annoyance or disapproval. It can be used intransitively (without a direct object) to describe the act of chattering, or transitively (with a direct object) when followed by the secret being revealed.
  • Noun: The noun form is less common but refers to a person characterized by such behavior.
Examples
  • Verb (intransitive):
    • The children would blabber on for hours about their video games.
    • Please stop blabbering; I'm trying to concentrate.
  • Verb (transitive):
    • He blabbered the surprise party plans to everyone.
    • I trusted her, but she blabbered our secret.
  • Noun:
    • Don't tell him anything important; he's a terrible blabber.
    • The informant was just a blabber looking for attention.
Advanced Usage
  • "to blabber on": To talk continuously and at length, often annoyingly.
    • He blabbered on about his vacation for the entire meeting.
  • "to blabber out": To reveal something (a secret, information) carelessly by talking.
    • In his nervousness, he blabbered out the entire plan.
Variants and Related Words
  • Blab (verb/noun): A very close synonym, often used interchangeably with "blabber."
    • She'll blab if you tell her.
  • Blabbermouth (noun): A more common and colloquial noun for a person who cannot keep secrets.
    • He's such a blabbermouth; the news spread in minutes.
Synonyms
  • Verb: Chatter, babble, prattle, gabble, gossip, tattle, reveal, disclose.
  • Noun: Chatterbox, gossip, tattletale, informer, telltale.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Blabber on: As shown in Advanced Usage.
  • Blabber out: As shown in Advanced Usage.
Related Idioms
  • Have a big mouth: An idiom describing someone who talks too much and cannot keep secrets, similar to being a "blabber."
    • Don't tell Sarah; she has a big mouth.
blabber

A child blabbers excitedly about his day at school.

Noun
  1. one who reveals confidential information in return for money
Verb
  1. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

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