n. [ OE. blabbe. ] One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale. “Avoided as a blab.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

For who will open himself to a blab or a babbler. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales. [ 1913 Webster ]

She must burst or blab. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blabbed (blăbd); 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; -- sometimes used with out. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

And yonder a vile physician blabbing
The case of his patient. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. one who blabr; a tattler; a telltale.
Syn. -- blabbermouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. someone who gossips indiscreetly.
Syn. -- blabber, tattletale, taleteller, talebearer, telltale. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. tending to talk excessively.
Syn. -- bigmouthed, blabby, talkative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. prone to revealing secrets; -- of people.
Syn. -- leaky, talebearing(prenominal), tattling(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. same as blabbermouthed 1.
Syn. -- bigmouthed, blabbermouthed, talkative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of insects consisting of giant cockroaches.
Syn. -- genus Blaberus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black. [ 1913 Webster ]

Black is the badge of hell,
The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A black pigment or dye. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A black garment or dress; as, she wears black; pl. (Obs.) Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like show death terrible. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

That was the full time they used to wear blacks for the death of their fathers. Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black. [ 1913 Webster ]

The black or sight of the eye. Sir K. Digby. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A stain; a spot; a smooch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Defiling her white lawn of chastity with ugly blacks of lust. Rowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Black and white, writing or print; as, I must have that statement in black and white. --
Blue black, a pigment of a blue black color. --
Ivory black, a fine kind of animal charcoal prepared by calcining ivory or bones. When ground it is the chief ingredient of the ink used in copperplate printing. --
Berlin black. See under Berlin. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness. [ 1913 Webster ]