blabber
2
7.9
- noun
- /ˈblæbər/
- Offensive
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- I really want to learn your opinions and thoughts on these matters, as you are usually extremely accurate with your predictions and projections, unlike some of the other blabbers around here.
Examples
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"Empty vessels make the loudest sound; they have the least wit and are the greatest blabbers." - Plato
Blog text (25) -
Her friend was labeled a blabber after she revealed their plan to the authorities without permission.
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I once took a guided tour and listened to the blabber.
Fiction book (1997) -
I can't help but laugh at all the blabber on "real fashion" and "real taste."
Blog text (8) -
It drove me insane listening to them both blabber on about it!
Blog text (20) -
Goodness knows there are more entertaining things to do than blabber about liturgical malfeasance if we are just looking for a good time.
Blog text (21) -
"Empty vessels make the loudest sound; they have the least wit and are the greatest blabbers."
Blog text (14) -
The detective suspected that the witness was a blabber who might spill crucial information to the press.
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Being known as a blabber, he found it hard to keep secrets among his colleagues.
Synonyms
330
7.3
A person who betrays a group by telling secret information to outsiders
165
5.6
A person who secretly gives information to police, journalists, or researchers
66
5.0
A person who tells authorities or the public about illegal actions at their workplace
27
6.0
A person who secretly tells police about someone else's crimes to get money or protection
26
6.3
A person who breaks someone's trust by revealing secrets
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7.3
A person who secretly gives private information to people who should not have it
10
7.5
A person who talks too much and tells other people's secrets
9
6.9
A person, usually a child, who tells an adult about others' bad behavior to get them in trouble
6
8.1
A person who tells the police about other people's crimes
1
8.7
A person who secretly tells the police about other people's crimes
Antonyms
How Cooperative
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6.2
165
5.6
- Slang
36
7.9
- Offensive
2
7.9
- Offensive
9
6.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word blabber comes from the simple verb blab, which means 'to tell secrets', and is like babble, which means 'to talk quickly and without sense'. So a blabber is someone who 'blabs' and reveals private information.