英和和英

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæ.bɹɪʃ/

形容詞

labrish (comparative more labrish, superlative most labrish)

1. (Jamaican, dialect) Talkative, gossipy.

名詞

labrish (uncountable)

1. (Jamaican, dialect) Gossip, rumor, chatty speaking.
   • 2008 Jan. 27, Beth Feinstein-Bartl, "A Tribute to 'Miss Lou' at Library," Miami Herald (retrieved 24 July 2011):

     Jeanne Powell will tell stories using labrish a traditional Jamaican form of chitchat.

動詞

labrish (三人称単数 現在形 labrishes, 現在分詞 labrishing, 過去形および過去分詞形 labrished)

1. (Jamaican, dialect) To gossip or talk excessively.
   • 2011 July 8, Errol W.A. Townshend, "Letters: Callous sacking of 'Aunty Dor'," Jamaica Gleaner (retrieved 24 July 2011):

     Out there are legions of women who don't own computers or want one. . . . What they do is labrish endlessly on their cellphones and vote.

参照

• Oxford English Dictionary, additions series 1997, online ed. (June, 2011)