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gabby

1 American  
[gab-ee] / ˈgæb i /

adjective

gabbier, gabbiest
  1. talkative; garrulous.


Gabby 2 American  
[gab-ee] / ˈgæb i /

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Gabriel.

  2. a female given name, form of Gabriella.


gabby British  
/ ˈɡæbɪ /

adjective

  1. informal inclined to chatter; talkative

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of gabby

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


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But that’s a very long wait in Charlie McDowell’s oppressive Netflix drama, a gabby hostage movie with a single, covetable location and three unappealing characters.

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2022

Members of Congress: “little mannikins, shrewd, gabby, drest in black, hopping about, making motions, amendments.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2020

I think of those worn-out L-wedges and know that beneath the gabby cool is a grinding longshoreman who put in a lot of overtime.

From Golf Digest ● Jun. 11, 2017

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

Francis held the phone away from his ear and made a gabby mouth sign with his hand.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

“She’ll be missed,” said Valkyries forward Gabby Williams, who played with Ogwumike in Seattle the previous two seasons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Gabby Foster, a Black woman who has traveled solo to seven countries, makes connections with locals before she even lands.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

Mark Chapman was paid around £335,000, Gabby Logan made £290,000, and Kelly Cates earned £215,000 - considerably lower than Lineker's £1.3m even when combined.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

But her confusion turns to doubt: How does Gabby know Robin was the father?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

“She’s in his movies, too. He rides a horse named Trigger, a beautiful golden palomino. This funny old guy, Gabby Hayes, is his sidekick. Sometimes he sings cowboy songs. Surely you’ve seen his movies....”

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

Such channels are already scarce, and they will get scarcer still as more and gabbier satellites for communication, navigation and weather watching take to space.

From Time Magazine Archive

When asked to identify the best trash talker on the offensive side of the ball, receiver DeVante Parker didn’t hesitate in identifying his quarterback as the gabbiest.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

Werner Herzog’s chatty, mostly fascinating contribution to this year’s Seattle International Film Festival was this talkathon featuring several of the world’s gabbiest prophets.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2016

Geckos are the gabbiest, and some produce “a variety of chirps, clicks, and squeaks, some inaudible to humans,” Espinoza says.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 24, 2015

Last week the fans got a new radio & TV announcer, and the gabbiest one of all: old-time Movie Comic Joe E. Brown.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yes! heroic Swan, I love thee even when thou gabbiest like a goose; for thy geese helped to save the Capitol.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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