gabby
adjective
talkative; garrulous.
gabby
1 American
[gab-ee]
/ ˈgæb i /
adjective
gabbier,
gabbiest
gabby
British
/ ˈɡæbɪ /
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of gabby
Example Sentences
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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
He said he was concerned potential employers might not be eager to hire someone so gabby about a former workplace.
From Slate • Nov. 7, 2016
She was a regular as feisty Grandma Yetta on the 1990s sitcom “The Nanny,” and in the early 1960s, played Millie Helper, Laura Petrie’s gabby pal, on the acclaimed “Van Dyke” series.
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2016
He was more like some gabby old codger who would sit next to you on a bus and try to show you bits of paper he kept folded in his wallet.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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