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Garrulous
Answer for the clue "Garrulous ", 5 letters:
gabby
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors" [syn: chatty , garrulous , loquacious , talkative , talky ] [also: gabbiest , gabbier ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"garrulous, talkative," 1719, originally Scottish, from gab (n.) + -y (2). Related: Gabbiness .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Gabby may refer to: As a nickname : Gabriel Agbonlahor (born 1986), English footballer for Aston Villa FC Gabby Chaves (born 1993), Colombian-American race car driver Gabby Douglas (born 1995), American artistic gymnast Gabby Espinas (born 1982), Philippine ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Inclined to talk too much, especially about trivia.
Usage examples of gabby.
Each of my seven followers, Gail, Gabby, Jack, Doc, Reggie, Kato, and Uncle Jim, had a distinct personality and role that I remember clearly to this day: Gail was always astonished and admiring, Gabby was full of folksy wisdom and given to long strings of curses, Reggie always knew the polite thing to do, Jack and Doc were brave but headstrong and rash, Kato was faithful, and Uncle Jim was always worried that I was taking on tasks harder than any one man could hope to accomplish.
Whispers, toots, keens, hooms, all sounded around them as the apparent gee force slowly declined toward zero as the program Gabby had set in motion gradually released the restaurant into free fall.
Beyond casting him a sharp look, Gabby ignored him after that, looking about her instead as she waited for her sisters and Twindle to be handed down.
As Twindle and Jem fussed over a still-apologizing Claire, Gabby, long innured to such petty squabbles between her sisters, turned her attention back to the house.
Claire seemed on the verge of chiming in, so to give their thoughts a new direction Gabby hastily inquired of Twindle, who had joined them in the dining room, where in her opinion the most fashionable shops were to be found.
Margaret had unlaced the corset enough so that Gabby could take a deep breath, the gown pulled even tighter in the front.
Gabby, Miss Claire, Miss Beth, Stivers only just now sent to tell me you had arrived.
By the time her sister had at last gone to bed, and Gabby had pretended to retire too so as to rid herself of Mary and Stivers and the rest of the hovering staff, it was past midnight.
As the portly, white-haired surgeon entered with a bustle of importance, Gabby caught a glimpse of Stivers and Mrs.
He had, Gabby realized, discarded his boots, and she found herself thinking fleetingly of the possibly unfelicitous consequences of mixing broken glass with stocking feet.
Gabby was interested in all of them, and she looked like an open, easygoing, I happy person.
Before Kerrie could answer, Gabby responded to Maureen in the same unintelligible language.
Gabby began crying in earnest, and Kerrie felt as if her heart were being wrenched from her chest.
The two lovebirds got along perfectly, and Paxton and Gabby were as close as ever.
God help him, motormouth Gabby, a six-foot-two-inch wiry guy in constant motion like a kid on sugar overload.