gab
Trivial verbal exchange
Gab is informal talk, especially idle or excessive chatter: enough gab, let's get to work.
To gab is to talk at length about unimportant things: We gabbed on the phone for hours.
Someone with the gift of gab has a talent for easy, persuasive speech.
Unconfirmed circulating story
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- tittle-tattleTrivial, idle chatter
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
innuendo · buzz · tea · dirt · scoop · tales · blab · backbiting
Trivial, prolonged speech
- babbleIncoherent speech
- blabberRamble without substance
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
- yammerComplain loudly, persistently
yak · natter · chit-chat · ramble · blather · patter · schmooze · chitchat
Quick, clever conversation
- quipBrief, clever remark
- jokeHumorous statement seeking laughter
- jestHumorous remark or act
- witClever, inventive humor
teasing · ribbing · playfulness · raillery · pleasantry · wisecrack · back-and-forth · joshing
Persuasively articulate speaker
- smooth talkerPersuasive, often insincere speaker
- glibSuperficially articulate
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- persuasiveAble to convince others
articulate · fast talker · way with words · charmer · slick · voluble · loquacious · talkative
rumor
Unconfirmed circulating story
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- tittle-tattleTrivial, idle chatter
hearsay · innuendo · buzz · tea · dirt · scoop · tales · blab · backbiting · talebearing
prattle
Trivial, prolonged speech
yammer · yak · natter · chit-chat · ramble · blather · patter · schmooze · chitchat · waffle
repartee
Quick, clever conversation
wit · teasing · ribbing · playfulness · raillery · pleasantry · wisecrack · back-and-forth · joshing · kidding
silver-tongued
Persuasively articulate speaker
- smooth talkerPersuasive, often insincere speaker
- glibSuperficially articulate
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
persuasive · articulate · fast talker · way with words · charmer · slick · voluble · loquacious · talkative · garrulous
gabsilence
Total lack of sound
quiet · muteness · taciturnity · reticence · speechlessness
- gift of gabNatural speaking ability
- gift of the gabNatural speaking talent
- gab sessionInformal prolonged conversation
gabby, gabble, gift of gab, gabbed, gabbler, gabbing, gabbling, gabs, gabfest