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gabby | yabby |

As an adjective gabby

is inclined to talk too much, especially about trivia.

As a noun yabby is

(au) a freshwater australian crayfish of the genus.

As a verb yabby is

to search for yabbies.

gabby

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A diminutive form of the male given name Gabriel.
  • A diminutive form of the female given names Gabrielle, Gabriella and Gabriela.
    • English diminutives of female given names English diminutives of male given names

    yabby

    English

    (wikipedia yabby)

    Alternative forms

    * yabbie

    Noun

    (yabbies)
  • (AU) A freshwater Australian crayfish of the genus .
  • * 1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 386:
    • Having arrived at night I can speak with some authority on the desolate feeling the road produces: the white fire-scarred trunks, the unsettling vision of yabbies moving from one side of the road to the other.
  • (Australia) A type of (ghost shrimp) of the infraorder .

    • Derived terms

    * (bass yabby)

    See also

    * gilgie, jilgie * marron

    Verb

  • To search for yabbies.