Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo deceive; mock. · To gab about; talk over; report from one (person) to another.
From Middle English bigabben, equivalent to be- (“over, at, about”) + gab. Cognate with Swedish begabba.
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