How to pronounce blab

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What blab means

verb

To give away secrets by talking too much

In a sentence: Please don't blab about the surprise party to Grandma.

Where it comes from: It comes from an old English word, blabben, meaning "to talk foolishly." That word perhaps came from an older one for idle chatter.

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