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• gabby
  gabby

  adjective

  talkative; garrulous.
• Gabby
  Gabby

  noun

  a male given name, form of Gabriel.

gabby

¹ American  

[gab-ee] / ˈgæb i /

adjective

gabbier, gabbiest

1. talkative; garrulous.

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Gabby ² American  

[gab-ee] / ˈgæb i /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Gabriel.

2. a female given name, form of Gabriella.

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gabby British  

/ ˈɡæbɪ /

adjective

1. informal inclined to chatter; talkative

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Other Word Forms

• gabbiness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of gabby

First recorded in 1710–20; gab ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Now, back to gabby old Bob from accounting.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

“People apparently found the combination of my slight stature and gabby nature comical,” Mr. Graham wrote in his 2015 memoir, referring to a coping strategy learned in childhood.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2021

Usually he’s very gabby about goings on in the world of golf, but the isolation has given him less to share and inquire about.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 8, 2020

After college, he tried and failed to persuade the C.I.A. to employ him; the real-life agency, unlike its fictional counterparts, prefers not to hire young men who are gabby and insubordinate.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 3, 2017

In recent years they had fallen in with a gabby, childless couple, older than they were, called the MacNatts.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt