gaby
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- noun
- /ˈɡeɪbi/
- Offensive
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pardillo (Esp., informal, despectivo)
- Don't be such a gaby!
Examples
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He is a real gaby for believing that story.
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They warned him not to act like a gaby during the negotiations.
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Everyone laughed when the gaby fell for the same prank again.
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In the story, the gaby trusts strangers too easily and gets into trouble.
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Everyone at the party thought he was a bit of a gaby for believing the outrageous stories.
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She was such a gaby that she fell for every prank her friends played on her.
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His friends often called him a gaby because he trusted strangers too easily.
Synonyms
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A person who makes poor decisions and is easily tricked
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A person who is easily tricked
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A person who is gentle, innocent, or easily tricked
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A person who is easily tricked into believing false things
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A person who is easily tricked or cheated
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A person who is foolish and easily tricked
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A person who is easily fooled and trusts others too much
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An old word for a person who is easily tricked
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A person who is easily tricked and believes things without checking
A person who trusts others and falls for tricks easily
Antonyms
How Gullible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gaby means a foolish or trusting person. One idea is that it came from the nickname gaby, 'short for Gabriel', or from the English word gab, 'talk'. So you can picture someone who talks simply and is easily tricked, and that is why a gaby is someone people can fool.