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English

Noun

gabba (countable and uncountable, plural gabbas)

1. (music) Alternative spelling of gabber

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gabba.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ap?a

Verb

gabba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gabbaði, supine gabbað)

1. to befool

Conjugation

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ab.ba/
• Rhymes: -abba
• Hyphenation: gàb?ba

Etymology 1

Variant forms.

Noun

gabba f (plural gabbe)

1. Alternative form of gabbo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

gabba

1. third-person singular present indicative of gabbare
2. second-person singular imperative of gabbare

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *këmpë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?kab?ba/

Noun

gabba

1. white reindeer

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gappon-, *gabb?n- (“to joke”), probably related to *gap?n (“to gape”). See Dutch gapen (“to gape”).

Verb

gabba

1. (transitive) to mock, to make game of

Related terms

• gabb

Descendants

• Icelandic: gabba
• ? Old French: gaber
  • Middle French: gaber
    • French: gaber

References

• gabba in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

English

Etymology

gab +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æb.i/
• Homophone: Gabby
• Rhymes: -æbi

Adjective

gabby (comparative gabbier, superlative gabbiest)

1. (informal) Inclined to talk too much, especially about trivia.

Synonyms

• (inclined to talk too much): chatty, garrulous, loquacious, talkative
• See also Thesaurus:talkative

Derived terms

• gabbiness

Translations

Anagrams

• Bagby