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# blab

«blab» in Mova's school dictionary: **To tell a secret, often by talking carelessly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (blab, blabs, blabbed, blabbing); noun (a blab, blabbermouth — informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) To tell a secret, often by talking carelessly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blab/#m1)

2) (informal) To talk too much about silly things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blab/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk and stories it describes someone who cannot keep a secret, like a friend who tells about a surprise party. Phrases: "blab to", "blab about", "don't blab", "a blabbermouth" (someone who blabs).

### examples

- Don't blab about the surprise party! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blab/#x1)
- Who blabbed to the teacher? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blab/#x2)
- My brother blabbed my secret to the whole class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blab/#x3)
- He blabbed on about football for an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blab/#x4)
- She promised not to blab, and she didn't. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blab/#x5)
- You can't tell him anything, he's such a blabbermouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blab/#x6)

### note

Informal word. Past form doubles the b: blabbed, blabbing. Telling an adult when someone is in danger is not "blabbing"; it is the right thing to do.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «blab» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blab/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.