Definition of Gabbing

1. Verb. (present participle of gab) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gabbing

1. gab [v] - See also: gab

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gabbing

gabbai
gabbais
gabbard
gabbards
gabbart
gabbarts
gabbed
gabber
gabberflasted
gabberhouse
gabbers
gabbier
gabbiest
gabbiness
gabbinesses
gabbing (current term)
gabble
gabbled
gabbler
gabblers
gabbles
gabbling
gabblings
gabbro
gabbroic
gabbroid
gabbros
gabby
gabel
gabeler

Literary usage of Gabbing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lost Beauties of the English Language: An Appeal to Authors, Poets by Charles Mackay (1874)
"Gabbe' and 'gabbing,' appear in the late Herbert Cole- ridge'a 'Dictionary of the Oldest Words in the English Language.' In Gaelic, according to ..."

2. The Student, and Intellectual Observer (1869)
"This proceeding was called gabbing, and the boasts and jests were called gabs. The word is preserved in our Anglo-Saxon under the forms—gabban,- to joke or ..."

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