gabba
noun
[ ˈɡabə ]
• a form of harsh, aggressive house music characterized by an extremely fast beat.
• "a sound system played gabba from the back of a hired van"
Origin:
1990s: Dutch gabber, from slang use ‘mate, lad’ (see gabba2).
gabba
noun
• a friend.
• "I've just come to tell my gabbas I'm still around"
Origin:
1970s: Afrikaans, from Dutch slang gabber ‘mate, lad’, via Yiddish from Hebrew ḥāḇēr ‘friend’.
