Gab
/ɡæb/noun
Informal speech; chatter or talk.
Did you know?English gab is traced to a Germanic root for the mouth or jaw, the same ancient source behind words like gape and jaw, so even “chatter” began as something physical and bodily.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*gab-
“to gape, mouth, jaw”
Old Norse
ON
gabba
“to mock, deceive”
Middle English
English
gabben
“to talk idly, chatter”
16th Century
English
gab
“idle talk; chatter”
Modern English
English
gab
“informal speech; chatter”