gabby
adjective
talkative; garrulous.
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gabby
1 American
[gab-ee]
/ ˈgæb i /
adjective
gabbier,
gabbiest
gabby
British
/ ˈɡæbɪ /
adjective
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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
Go with a gabby friend or two, to jump-start your share.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2019
In one, “Silent Prayer,” a mute, paralyzed Vietnam veteran is the central character, surrounded by a gabby family and watched over by a mute God.
From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2019
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
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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