Gabbing Meaning in English

word · lemma: gab

US

ˈɡæbɪŋ

GAB-ing

UK

ɡˈæbɪŋ

gab-ING

التعريف

Talking for a long time in a relaxed or informal way, often about unimportant things.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

‘Gabbing’ is informal and a bit playful; it suggests easy, sometimes excessive, conversation. It often appears in phrases like 'gabbing on the phone.' Not used in formal writing. Similar to 'chatting,' but 'gab' implies more talkativeness.

• Spanish: charlando - parloteando
• Portuguese (BR): tagarelando - batendo papo
• Portuguese (PT): tagarelando - a conversar
• Chinese (Simplified): 闲聊 - 喋喋不休
• Chinese (Traditional): 閒聊 - 喋喋不休
• Hindi: बकबक करना - गप्पे मारना
• Arabic: ثرثرة - دردشة
• Bengali: গপ্পো মারা - আড্ডা মারা
• Russian: болтать - трепаться
• Japanese: おしゃべりする
• Vietnamese: tám chuyện - buôn chuyện
• Korean: 수다를 떨다
• Turkish: gevezelik etmek - sohbet etmek
• Urdu: گپ شپ کرنا
• Indonesian: ngobrol - mengobrol lama

جمل نموذجية

They were gabbing in the hallway before class.

basic

I saw my neighbors gabbing on their porch.

basic

The kids spent hours gabbing after school.

basic

We were gabbing away and didn’t even notice the time.

natural

Stop gabbing and get back to work!

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Lisa and Jen were gabbing about their weekend plans.

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