gabfest
/ˈɡæbˌfɛst/noun
gabfest is spelled G-A-B-F-E-S-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gabfest means “An occasion (such as a meeting) where people talk at length” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gabfest is gabfests.
How many letters and syllables are in gabfest?
| Letters | 7: G-A-B-F-E-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 47 million words; the 211,986th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is gabfest?
Gabfest appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gabfest?
- US /ˈɡæbˌfɛst/
Gabfest has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-gabfest.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gabfest
- gabfests plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gabfest mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USslangAn occasion (such as a meeting) where people talk at length.
Oh, we've been talking about constitutional reform since 1927. I've been going to these gabfests since the fifties.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gabfest come from?
From gab + -fest.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).