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Words related to gab
gob (n.2)"mouth," 1540s, from Irish gob "mouth," and thus related to the other English noun gob (also see gobbet). Gob-stopper "type of large hard candy" is from 1928. Advertisement
gabble (v.)"to talk noisily, rapidly, and incoherently," 1570s, frequentative of gab (v.), or else imitative. Related: Gabbled; gabbling. gabby (adj.)"garrulous, talkative," 1719, originally Scottish, from gab (n.) + -y (2). Related: Gabbiness.