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begab

begab verb: to deceive; mock.

Verb

begab (third-person singular simple present begabs, present participle begabbing, simple past and past participle begabbed)

  1. (transitive) To deceive; mock.
    • "You begabbed her, of course. A tit for a tattle is her bargain. And then?"1974, Richard Gardner, Richard Cummings, The adventures of Don Juan
  2. (transitive) To gab about; talk over; report from one (person) to another.

Forms of begab

third-person singular presentbegabs
present participlebegabbing
past participlebegabbed
pastbegabbed

Origin of begab

From Middle English bigabben, equivalent to be- (“over, at, about”) + gab. Cognate with Swedish begabba.

Questions about begab

What does begab mean?
Begab means to deceive; mock.
What part of speech is begab?
Begab is a verb.
What is the past tense of begab?
The past tense of begab is begabbed.

Words near begab in the dictionary

  1. beg to differ
  2. beg yours
  3. beg, borrow, or steal
  4. bega
  5. Bega Valley
  6. begab
  7. begabled
  8. begabs
  9. begad
  10. begadkefat
  11. begadkephat

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