SuaviloquyToday’s word

blab

Blab, v. i.

To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales. She must burst or blab. Dryden.

2 other Webster entries under this spelling

Blab, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blabbed (p. pr. & vb. n. Blabbing.]

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, n.

One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale. "Avoided as a blab." Milton. For who will open himself to a blab or a babbler. Bacon.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for blab; he lists it under babble.

Where he writes about it:

Blab and blurt (commonly blurt out) refer to the letting out of what the lips can no longer keep in; blab, of a secret; blurt out, of passionate feeling. — from babble