blabbed

Meanings

• Verb

  To talk aimlessly or at great length.

  - "He blabbed on about his favorite topic for hours."
  - "She was warned not to blab to the press about the secret project."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with blabbed
mumble , grumble , stumble , rumble

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Homophones

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1. Blabbermouth (en) : A person who talks excessively or indiscreetly.
   

2. Blab (en) : A secret or confidential piece of information.
   

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Variants

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blab , blabbed , blabbing , blabs

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Forms

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blabber, blabbed, blabbing

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to babble' or 'to speak in a meaningless or incoherent way'. Derived from the Old English word 'blabian', meaning 'to prattle'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'blabbermouth' was first used in print in 1821 in the novel 'Paul's Letters from Home' by James Fenimore Cooper.

2. In the 1960s, a popular children's game called 'Blabbermouth' involved players taking turns making up a sentence and then trying to get the next player to repeat it without changing the word order.

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Related Concepts

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1. Gossip: The act of talking about other people's personal lives or private information.

2. Secrecy: The state of keeping information hidden from others.

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Culture

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In literature, 'blabbed' is often used to describe characters who cannot keep secrets or who talk too much. For example, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth urges her husband to 'speak, I prithee, blab, blab, and come to my woman's ears: for so some chance, my lord, some power above you shall hear this bosom-opening interlude, making the Detective in 'Sherlock Holmes' warns Watson not to 'blab' about certain details of their investigations.

How to Memorize "blabbed"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person talking incessantly, their mouth moving non-stop. Visualize yourself trying to shush them or cover their mouth.
   - Picture a leaking faucet, the water flowing aimlessly and continuously. This represents the concept of blabbing.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'blabbermouth' with the word 'gossip'.
   - Think of the word 'secrecy' when you hear the word 'blabbed'.
   - Remember the phrase 'loose lips sink ships' when trying to memorize the meaning of 'blabbed'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'B' is for 'babble', 'L' is for 'loquacious', and 'A' is for 'aimless'.

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