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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.

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

Why, ye gaby, ye might as well ask me does a pianny lay eggs.

From Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War by Dunne, Finley Peter

"A gaby who bows low in my presence," replied the Duke.

From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de

I suppose you want me to marry that great gaby, Sir Denis Fabian, you are for ever inviting to the house?

From The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century by Heyer, Georgette

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

From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Kingsley, Henry

Bashful, may be, Or over-fearful to importune A parti so renowned, you gaby!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 1, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir