gabfest
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8.8
- noun
- /ˈɡæbˌfɛst/
- Informal
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charla
- After a long week, the group gathered for a delightful gabfest filled with laughter and stories.
- gabfest podcast
- just a big gabfest
Examples
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Maybe when I get back, we can sit down and have a good old-fashioned gabfest.
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But if Sunday's gabfest was any indication, Southwick can handle himself under pressure and, as importantly, he knows exactly what his job entails.
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Did you really think another special appearance from Madeleine might actually save your little gabfest?
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With the two seats filled at our September meeting, we will move forward at the October gabfest to establish a subcommittee and will be making applications available to the community.
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One of the most interesting points about the film made by the Slate Culture Gabfest crew was Stephen Metcalf's observation about how today's wealthiest families.
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Quite a gabfest, my mother puts down in her desert chronicle to Wally and ultimately to me, and I am surprised when I find she doesn't even remotely mean hers and my father's.
Fiction book (1993) -
Starring the belle It-girl Lou Doillon as a young mother caught between her former lover and current boyfriend, this overextended and rather self-serious gabfest is French to a fault.
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Starring the belle It-girl Lou Doillon as a young mother caught between her former lover and current boyfriend, this overextended and rather self-serious gabfest is French to a fault and will therefore work best on local screens where the cast can still attract a certain crowd.
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Besides winning full diplomatic recognition from the Democratic establishment, which dropped the D.L.C. as if it were Taiwan, it succeeded in putting on a "debate" (can't somebody find a better term for these overpopulated gabfests? Joint appearance?)
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I invited my friends over for a casual gabfest to catch up on each other's lives.
Synonyms
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1.9
A small informal meeting for people to talk and spend time together
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2.6
A social event where people meet and talk to make new friends
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8.9
A short informal private talk between people
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8.4
A friendly relaxed chat between people, often over coffee
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7.0
A meeting where many people talk about a topic, often with little action
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Morphology
Etymology
Gabfest comes from the slang gab meaning 'talk' and the ending fest meaning 'party', as in 'festival'. So a gabfest is a friendly 'talk party' where people gather to chat a lot.