gabby
/ˈɡæbi/adjective
उच्चारण गैबी
बातूनी, बक्की
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informal
talking a lot, especially about unimportant things
बातूनी, बक्की
- a gabby neighbour
- My gabby uncle talked for an hour about his garden.
- The gabby shopkeeper kept me talking for twenty minutes.
+ 2 more examples
- My cousin is so gabby that nobody else can speak.
- Gabby passengers on the night train kept me awake.
Synonyms talkative chatty garrulous loquacious voluble
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
gabby (informal adjective)
Gabby describes a person who talks a great deal, often about unimportant things; it is informal and can sound slightly critical.
'Gabby' उस व्यक्ति को बताता है जो बहुत बोलता है, प्रायः मामूली बातों के बारे में; यह अनौपचारिक है और थोड़ा आलोचनात्मक लग सकता है।
- Our neighbour is a gabby old woman.
- Radhika is gabby on the phone.
gabby: gabbier, gabbiest
The comparative and superlative change y to i: gabbier and gabbiest.
Comparative और superlative में y, i में बदल जाता है: gabbier और gabbiest।
- He is the gabbiest boy in the class.
gab (noun / verb)
Gab means chatter; the verb gab means to chat on and on, and the gift of the gab is the ability to speak persuasively.
'Gab' का अर्थ बातचीत है; क्रिया 'gab' का अर्थ बहुत देर तक गपशप करना है और 'the gift of the gab' बोलने की मनाने वाली क्षमता है।
- The two aunts gabbed for hours.
- A good salesman needs the gift of the gab.
gabby vs talkative
Talkative is a neutral word; gabby is more casual and suggests chatter that is not very useful.
'Talkative' निरपेक्ष शब्द है; 'gabby' अधिक अनौपचारिक है और व्यर्थ गपशप का संकेत देता है।
- The talkative guide told us the history; the gabby driver talked about cricket.
gabby about sth
Use about to name the topic someone chatters on.
किस विषय पर कोई बकबक करता है यह बताने के लिए 'about' आता है।
- He gets gabby about cricket after a win.
+Collocations 5
adverb + gabby
verytoorathera bitextremely
- The new colleague is rather gabby.
gabby + noun
personfriendneighbourunclehostchild
- A gabby host kept the guests entertained.
get / grow / become + gabby
getbecometurngrowseem
- She gets gabby when she is nervous.
gab + noun / verb
gift of the gabgab aboutgab ongab away
- They gabbed about films all evening.
verb + gab
stoplove tohearjoin in thekeep up the
- The ladies stopped their gab when the teacher entered.
“More examples 5
- The gabby girl at the next desk never stops talking.
अगली मेज़ पर बैठी बातूनी लड़की कभी बोलना बंद नहीं करती।
- Arjun becomes gabby after a cup of tea.
चाय का एक कप पीकर अर्जुन बातूनी हो जाता है।
- My gabby grandfather told the same story three times.
मेरे बातूनी दादाजी ने वही कहानी तीन बार सुनाई।
- The gabby shopkeeper knew everyone's business.
बातूनी दुकानदार को सबकी बातें पता थीं।
- Do not be so gabby in the library.
पुस्तकालय में इतने बातूनी मत बनिए।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ She is very gabby person.
✓ She is a very gabby person.
A singular countable noun needs an article, even after an adjective.
Singular countable संज्ञा से पहले adjective के बावजूद article चाहिए।
✗ She is more gabby than her sister.
✓ She is gabbier than her sister.
Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y take -ier for the comparative.
-y पर समाप्त होने वाले दो अक्षर के adjective का comparative -ier से बनता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Gabby, talkative and chatty all describe people who talk a lot, with different tones.
Gabby, talkative और chatty तीनों बहुत बोलने वालों का वर्णन करते हैं, पर भाव अलग हैं।
Informal; talking a lot, often about trivial things.
अनौपचारिक; बहुत बोलने वाला, प्रायः मामूली बातें।
- The gabby barber talked non-stop.
Neutral; fond of talking.
निरपेक्ष; बोलना पसंद करने वाला।
- The talkative child answered every question.
Friendly and informal, in a pleasant way.
मित्रवत और अनौपचारिक, सुखद ढंग से।
- She is chatty with all her neighbours.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
gab·by
?Which word?
Keep the talkative words together: gabby (informal), chatty, talkative, garrulous (talking too much about unimportant things), loquacious (formal, talking a lot), voluble (talking a lot with enthusiasm), verbose (using too many words).
बातूनी के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: gabby (अनौपचारिक), chatty, talkative, garrulous (महत्वहीन बातों पर बहुत बोलने वाला), loquacious (औपचारिक, बहुत बोलने वाला), voluble (उत्साह से बहुत बोलने वाला), verbose (बहुत अधिक शब्दों वाला)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
The gift of the gab (the ability to speak easily and persuasively).
Idiom अक्सर पूछा जाता है: the gift of the gab (आसानी और प्रभावी ढंग से बोलने की क्षमता)।