gabby

¹

[ gab-ee ]

adjective

, gab·bi·er, gab·bi·est.

1. talkative; garrulous.

Gabby

²

[ gab-ee ]

noun

1. a male given name, form of Gabriel.
2. a female given name, form of Gabriella.

gabby

/ ˈɡæbɪ /

adjective

1. informal.
   inclined to chatter; talkative

Other Words From

• gabbi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of gabby¹

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

Example Sentences

Some people will go Gabby’s route, some people will favor Brian.

From The Daily Beast

Police got Laundrie a motel room where he could spend the night, and Gabby kept the van, which was registered in her name.

From The Daily Beast

Overcome with grief, Gabby sprinted down the tarmac toward her husband’s casket.

From Time

He and Gabby settled into a three-bedroom, ranch-style home near base in the Florida panhandle.

From Time

HAAV is where Hannah met Gabby, a fellow activist who fills a big gap in Hannah’s life — part mentor, part idol, part best friend.

From Vox

The comparison prompted Kelly to release the terse statement: “Martha McSally is no Gabby Giffords.”

From The Daily Beast

Critics of retired Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords call her anti-gun ads ‘mean.’

From The Daily Beast

In 1908, Washington Senators catcher Gabby Street attempted to catch a ball being dropped from the top of the Washington Monument.

From The Daily Beast

“The brand is scaling,” said Gabby Cohen, the public-relations and marketing director at SoulCycle.

From The Daily Beast

Beyonce and Jay-Z's daughter Blue Ivy Carter is the next Gabby Douglas.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

“Door unlatched,” growled Gabby, continuing his preparations for breakfast.

From Project Gutenberg

Somewhere in France Gabby swung his right mitt and clasped Casey's.

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