gaby
noun
a fool.
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gaby
1 American
[gay-bee]
/ ˈgeɪ bi /
noun
British Dialect.
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gabies
plural
Gaby
2
American
[gab-ee]
/ ˈgæb i /
noun
gaby
British
/ ˈɡeɪbɪ /
noun
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of gaby
First recorded in 1790–1800; origin uncertain
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S. She called me "Lad," ay, and "rogue, silly gaby, and gallowsbird."
From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Hans Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen
"If you can see through a two-inch plank, why do you stand there like a gaby?"
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman
Send him up, gaby, and I will prepare her!
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman
Besides, I like the fellow; he's a first-rate painter, you know; and where Art is concerned I'm a perfect gaby.
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Ernst Theordor Wilhelm Hoffmann
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 Georgette Heyer
Despite their struggles in the field, Ireland earlier impressed with the bat to post 281-5, with half-centuries for captain Gaby Lewis, Amy Hunter and Rebecca Stokell.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
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
Gaby Pacheco, president of TheDream.US, an organisation that provides scholarships to undocumented immigrants, told the BBC that the case should serve as a "wake-up call."
From BBC ● Apr. 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 Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
While we stand watching her Staring like gabies, Safe in each egg are the Bird's little babies.
From A Child's Garden of Verses by Jessie Willcox Smith
While we stand watching her, Staring like gabies, Safe in each egg are the Bird’s little babies.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
"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 Compton MacKenzie
Eight years ago, when Verona had given a high-school party, the children had been featureless gabies.
From Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
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