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blab verb1. [blab] Infl. -bb-. LME.
[from BLAB noun1.]
verb intrans. Chatter, babble. Now spec. talk foolishly or indiscreetly, reveal secrets. LME.
C. Morgan An honest blackmailer who never blabbed without reason.
verb trans. Babble. Now spec. tell foolishly or indiscreetly, reveal (a secret). Freq. foll. by out. M16.
W. H. Dixon He blabbed out the secret to his priest. T. E. Lawrence I begin to blab..what I feel, just like any other chap. transf.: Shakespeare 2 Henry VI Beaufort's red sparkling eyes blab his heart's malice.
Comb.: blab-mouth slang = BLAB noun1 1.