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To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion.

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  1. v. To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion.
  2. v. i. To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales.
  3. n. One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale.
  4. v. divulge confidential information or secrets
  5. v. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  6. To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion. Udall. And yonder a vile physician blabbing The case of his patient. Tennyson. To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales. She must burst or blab. Dryden. One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale. "Avoided as a blab." Milton. For who will open himself to a blab or a babbler. Bacon.
  7. To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; topublish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion. Udall.And yonder a vile physician blabbing The case of his patient.Tennyson.
  8. v:100 v divulge confidential information or secrets v speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly