gaby
noun
a fool.
gaby
1 American
[gey-bee]
/ ˈgeɪ bi /
noun
British Dialect.
gabies
plural
Gaby
2
American
[gab-ee]
/ ˈgæb i /
noun
gaby
British
/ ˈɡeɪbɪ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of gaby
First recorded in 1790–1800; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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“It is bound to leak out sooner or later,” Susan Fossett was convinced, “so I may as well tell you: that gaby Mary Ramsbotham has got herself engaged.”
From Tommy and Co. by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
His nose, broken at the bridge and thick at the end, gave him the wondering look of a gaby in the streets of Paris.
From Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Balzac, Honoré de
There were passage-ways yet to search, why linger here like a gaby in the dark when perhaps the man I believed to be in hiding somewhere within these walls, was improving the opportunity to escape?
From The House of the Whispering Pines by Green, Anna Katharine
"Well, then, you gaby," said the soldier good-humouredly, "go straight to La Tournelle; you know where it is?"
From El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
I fumed inwardly, for I had no mind to be considered a gaby among women.
From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Born and raised to Mexican parents in the Bronx, the budding folk singer has opened for Carla Morrison, DannyLux and Julieta Venegas — and will open for Gaby Moreno on Monday in NYC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Captain Gaby Lewis fell cheaply in reply, but Amy Hunter steadied the chase with a stand of 62 with Prendergast.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
The facility looks more like a hotel than a hospital, said Dr. Gaby Frank, director for the Center for Special Pathogens at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Mutual support strengthens the shelter Jimmy, Paul and Gaby have created.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
“Ashley, sit down! Gaby, raise your hand. Put that down right now!”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
This gentleman will take you for a pair of raw country gabies!
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm
"Well, now, just because I happen to see you with Miss Pauline the other morning, there's half a dozen wise gabies in Wychford who've almost married you to her out of hand."
From Plashers Mead A Novel by MacKenzie, Compton
Eight years ago, when Verona had given a high-school party, the children had been featureless gabies.
From Babbitt by Lewis, Sinclair
Good Hivens!" roared the visitor, "what a gauntlet o' gabies for one girl to run; and come out alive!
From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles
Cruel children, crying babies, All grew up as geese and gabies, Hated, as their age increases, By their nephews and their nieces.
From A Child's Garden of Verses by Smith, Jessie Willcox
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