gabby

[ gab-ee ]
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adjective,gab·bi·er, gab·bi·est.
  1. talkative; garrulous.

Origin of gabby

1
First recorded in 1710–20; gab1 + -y1

Other words from gabby

  • gab·bi·ness, noun

Words Nearby gabby

Other definitions for Gabby (2 of 2)

Gabby
[ gab-ee ]

noun
  1. a male given name, form of Gabriel.

  2. a female given name, form of Gabriella.

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How to use gabby in a sentence

  • "Ain't quite so gabby now as you was in Lower California," snarled Dayton vindictively, as the boy sat staring at his captors.

  • Don't you know that you an' me stand to swing if any of de bunch gets gabby in front of dis phoney punk?

    The Oakdale Affair | Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • Just why she said it Jane could not have told, unless the memory of what that awful gabby at the station had said still rankled.

    Meg of Mystery Mountain | Grace May North
  • “Door unlatched,” growled gabby, continuing his preparations for breakfast.

    Shoe-Bar Stratton | Joseph Bushnell Ames
  • Somewhere in France gabby swung his right mitt and clasped Casey's.

British Dictionary definitions for gabby

gabby

/ (ˈɡæbɪ) /


adjective-bier or -biest
  1. informal inclined to chatter; talkative

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