gaby

¹ American  

[gey-bee] / ˈgeɪ bi /

noun

British Dialect.

plural

gabies

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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Etymology

Origin of gaby

First recorded in 1790–1800; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

"And a noodle and a jolt-head; you're a jobbernowl and a doodle, a maundering mooncalf and a blockheaded numps, a gaby and a loon; you're a Hatter!"

From Olympian Nights by Bangs, John Kendrick

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

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

Now, don't stand laughing there like a great gaby, but come and shake hands.

From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Kingsley, Henry

Such this gaby, my own, my arch fool; he sees not, he hears not Who himself is, or if the self is, or is not, he knows not.

From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson