gabfest
US/ˈɡæbˌfɛst/
gabfest noun: an occasion (such as a meeting) where people talk at length.
Noun
gabfest (plural gabfests)
- An occasion (such as a meeting) where people talk at length.
- But he could as well have been talking about the confabulations of the food summit in Rome earlier this year or the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg next month. I have no doubt critics are dusting off the cliches for that one, preparing to denounce one more gabfest.2002 July 29, Shashi Tharoor, “In Defense of Gabfests”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Oh, we've been talking about constitutional reform since 1927. I've been going to these gabfests since the fifties.2002, Trudeau (miniseries)
Synonyms of gabfest
Forms of gabfest
| plural | gabfests |
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Origin of gabfest
From gab + -fest.
Questions about gabfest
- What does gabfest mean?
- Gabfest means an occasion (such as a meeting) where people talk at length.
- What part of speech is gabfest?
- Gabfest is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gabfest?
- Gabfest is pronounced /ˈɡæbˌfɛst/ (US).
- What is the plural of gabfest?
- The plural of gabfest is gabfests.
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