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• gaby
  gaby

  noun

  a fool.
• Gaby
  Gaby

  noun

  a female given name, form of Gabriella.

gaby

¹ American  

[gey-bee] / ˈgeɪ bi /

noun

British Dialect.

gabies plural

1. a fool.

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Gaby ² American  

[gab-ee] / ˈgæb i /

noun

1. a female given name, form of Gabriella.

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gaby British  

/ ˈɡeɪbɪ /

noun

1. archaic a simpleton

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• gabies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of gaby

First recorded in 1790–1800; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

The marine officer is a bit of a gaby, and takes offence where none is meant.

From Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 by Marryat, Frederick

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

Who but a gaby ever spoke ill of a woman to her sweetheart?

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Now no man shall say that I’m a home-stayin’ gaby, tramping up an’ down Teign Vale for a living.

From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden

Surely Aglaya hasn't fallen in love with such a gaby!

From The Idiot by Martin, Eva M.