gab

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɡæb/

Noun

countable uncountable

Japanese Meaning

くだらない雑談、むだなおしゃべり / 口（俗語としての意味） / 初期の蒸気機関で逆転操作を制御するロッドの、開いた叉状の端部

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Her endless gab during the meeting distracted everyone from the agenda.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

会議中の彼女の絶え間ないおしゃべりが議題から皆の注意をそらした。

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Sense（1）

Idle chatter.

Sense（2）

The mouth or gob.

Sense（3）

One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.

Loose eccentric reversing gear gave way about 1836 to the early forms of gab motion. … In 1840 Stephenson evolved a motion in which the gabs were connected directly to the valve spindle.

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gabs

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