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Meaning of Gaby | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈɡæbi/

Definitions

  1. A female given name from French.
  2. A surname from French.
  3. A stupid, foolish person; a simpleton; a dunce.
    UK, regional

Examples

“I daresay I made a gaby of myself to the world”
“His wrath, then, was proportionately violent when he was aware of two boys, who stopped close by him, and one of whom, a fat gaby of a fellow, pointed at him and called him "Young mammy-sick!"”
“"[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.”
“"You pair of gabeys!" she exclaimed. "You'll see him before the night's out."”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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