gab

名词 gab:

1. light informal conversation for social occasions
   同义词：chitchat, small talk, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin-wag, chin-wagging, causerie

1. Colin should make a good salesman; he's got the gift of the gab and persistence.
   科林应该能成为一名出色的推销员，他伶牙俐齿而且很毅力。
2. Stop your gab!
   别闲聊了！
3. They've been gabbing (away) on the phone for nearly an hour.
   他们通过电话聊天已经快一小时了。

gab

v.intr.（不及物动词）
gabbed,gab.bing,gabs
To talk idly or incessantly, as about trivial matters.
闲聊：如关于小事的空谈或唠叨
n.（名词）
Idle talk; chatter.
闲聊；喋喋不休

来源：
Middle English gabben [to scoff, speak foolishly]
中古英语 gabben [嘲笑地说，愚蠢地说]
from Old Norse gabba [to scoff]
源自 古斯堪的纳维亚语 gabba [嘲笑地说]

【引伸】
gab.ber
n.（名词）