Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An informal gathering or session for the exchange of news, opinions, and gossip.
- noun A long, lively conversation or discussion.
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- noun an occasion (such as a meeting) where people
talk at length.
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- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pattinson and de Ravin’s live interview on the Emmy-winning morning gabfest is set for March 2.
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Climate change spokeswoman Christine Milne described the assembly as a "gabfest" and
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Sharon Osbourne has confirmed the rumor that she'll be talking a break from CBS' lady-bunch gabfest The Talk after just one season.
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He gets placement on a major Sunday morn gabfest despite what can be rightfully labeled as his touting of inflammatory wingnut hallicinations.
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Maybe that's why last month's diplomatic gabfest just didn't have the same feel, the same excitement and side-splitting hilarity that these sessions generally have.
A humdrum session at the U.N. Al Kamen Washington Post Staff Writer 2010
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The former View co-host — whose self-titled gabfest earned 25 Emmys between 1998-2002 — will take the lead on a syndicated talk program set to premiere in the fall of 2011, E!
Rosie O’Donnell Radio Show — “Rosie Radio” Fall 2009 Sirius XM Radio 2010
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That's why, Adler explains in an editor's letter, Reuters has decided to produce a magazine specifically designed for the gabfest known as Davos.
Yvette Kantrow: A Look at Reuters, the Magazine Yvette Kantrow 2012
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(CNN) -- CNN launches its new gabfest starring Eliot Spitzer and Kathleen Parker - hoping, writes our colleague Howard Kurtz, to "create that mixture of warmth and tension known as chemistry."
Read this: CNN launches Spitzer gabfest; David Sedaris: humorist, squirrel-scraper; Drake lovefest at DAR The Reliable Source 2010
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Most noticeably, my favorite panel, the annual State of the Industry gabfest with the heads of all the major comic book companies, is MIA.
Fan Cinema Today Picks for New York Comic Con 2009 | Fan Cinema Today 2009
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On the big day, commentators including Sharon Osbourne from CBS's daytime gabfest "The Talk," and NBC, ABC and CBS news correspondents will be stationed at Canada Gate, a gilded wrought-iron portal into Green Park across the street from Buckingham Palace.
The Ultimate Reality Show Amy Chozick 2011
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