Blab, n. [OE. blabbe.] One who
blabs; a babbler; a telltale. "Avoided as a blab."
Milton.
For who will open himself to a blab or a babbler.
Bacon.
Blab (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Blabbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Blabbing.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan. blabbre, G.
plappern, Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of imitative
origin. Cf. also Blubber, v.] 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.
Blab, v. i. To talk thoughtlessly or
without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales.
She must burst or blab.
Dryden.