释义 |
gabgab /ɡæb/ verb (past tense and past participle gabbed, present participle gabbing) [intransitive + about] informal gabOrigin: 1700-1800 Probably from gabble VERB TABLEgab |
Present | I, you, we, they | gab | | he, she, it | gabs | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | gabbed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have gabbed | | he, she, it | has gabbed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had gabbed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will gab | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have gabbed |
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Present | I | am gabbing | | he, she, it | is gabbing | | you, we, they | are gabbing | Past | I, he, she, it | was gabbing | | you, we, they | were gabbing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been gabbing | | he, she, it | has been gabbing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been gabbing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be gabbing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been gabbing |
- They spend way too much time gabbing when they should be working.
- The night before the trip, we sisters stayed up late packing and gabbing.
► the gift of the gab- He had the gift of the gab, which one training officer described as the main prerequisite.
to talk continuously, usually about things that are not important: You two were gabbing so much you didn’t even see me!—gabby adjective → the gift of the gab at gift1(5) |