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Webster 1913 Edition


Gaby

Ga′by

,
Noun.
[Icel.
gapi
a rash, reckless man. Cf.
Gafe
.]
A simpleton; a dunce; a lout.
[Colloq.]

Definition 2024


Gaby

Gaby

See also: gaby

English

Proper noun

Gaby

  1. A female given name, from the French short form of Gabrielle.

French

Proper noun

Gaby

  1. A female given name, a pet form of Gabrielle.
  2. A male given name, pet form of Gabriel.

gaby

gaby

See also: Gaby

English

Alternative forms

Noun

gaby (plural gabies)

  1. (regional) A stupid, foolish person; a simpleton; a dunce.
    • 1902, John Kendrick Bangs, Olympian Nights, ch. 10:
      "[Y]ou're a jobbernowl and a doodle, a maundering mooncalf and a blockheaded numps, a gaby and a loon; you're a Hatter!" I shrieked the last epithet.
    • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 2:
      "You pair of gabeys!" she exclaimed. "You'll see him before the night's out."

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡabɨ]

Conjunction

gaby

  1. if

Synonyms

Verb

gaby (defective, invariable)

  1. Contraction of gaž by (if... would).