| 单词 | to blow the gab |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto blow the gab P2. slang. to blow the gab: to reveal incriminating information, esp. to the police; to talk; to ‘blab’. Cf. to blow the gaff at gaff n.2 2. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (intransitive)] inform1588 peach1598 whistle1599 sing1612 whiddlec1661 squeak1690 wheedle1710 whittle1735 to blow the gab1785 snitch1801 rat1810 nose1811 sing1816 gnarl1819 split1819 stag1839 clype1843 squeal1846 blow1848 to round on1857 nark1859 pimp1865 squawk1872 ruck1884 to come or turn copper1891 copper1897 sneak1897 cough1901 stool1911 tattle-tale1918 snout1923 talk1924 fink1925 scream1925 sarbut1928 grass1929 to turn over1967 dime1970 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) To blow the gab, to confess, or peach. 1796 G. Walker Theodore Cyphon I. i. 2 I knows Bob, and you, Dick, be no flinchers; and if I blow the gab, broil my soul on a gridiron. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 339 Never blow the gab, or squeak. 1866 Chambers's Jrnl. 22 Dec. 813/1 Sure I've blown the gab on him; that's what I've done, then; and the constables are coming up the street. 1917 H. H. Richardson Austral. Felix i. viii. 86 He shut one eye and laid a finger along his nose. ‘You won't blow the gab?’ 2009 M. Barratt Wild Man x.111 Then one of my so-called friends blew the gab and here I am. < as lemmas |
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