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Gee

//ˈd͡ʒiː// intj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    A general exclamation of surprise or frustration. dated

    "Gee, I didn't know that!"

  2. 2
    A command to a horse, pack animal, etc., which may variously mean “move forward”, “go faster”, or “turn to the right”.

    "Mush, huskies. Now, gee! Gee!"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

    "Prosecutors allege that Gee posted several videos online following Biden’s visit to Scranton, Pennsylvania, in April for a campaign event."

  2. 2
    A male given name. rare
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Kentucky, United States.
  4. 4
    A ghost town in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A gee-gee, a horse.

    "You'll say a better major-general has never sat a gee"

  2. 2
    The name of the Latin script letter G/g.

    "One branch of English society drops its initial aitches, and another branch ignores its terminal gees."

  3. 3
    Vagina, vulva. Ireland, slang

    "The brassers, yeh know wha' I mean. The gee. Is tha' why?"

  4. 4
    Alternative letter-case form of gee. alt-of
  5. 5
    a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated wordnet
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  1. 6
    Abbreviation of grand; a thousand dollars. abbreviation, alt-of, slang

    "ten gees"

  2. 7
    Abbreviation of gravity; the unit of acceleration equal to that exerted by gravity at the earth's surface. abbreviation, alt-of

    "I've more muscle than you, and I'm used to greater gee, being from earth."

  3. 8
    A guy. US, slang

    "Just off the highway there's a small garage and paint-shop run by a gee named Art Huck."

Verb
  1. 1
    Of a horse, pack animal, etc.: to move forward; go faster; or turn in a direction away from the driver, typically to the right. intransitive

    "This horse won’t gee when I tell him to."

  2. 2
    To suit or fit.

    "That will just "gee"."

  3. 3
    To give. dialectal, obsolete

    "And good old Holmes delivered his soul on the walk home of many wise sayings, and, as the song says, "Gee'd 'em a sight of good advice;" […]"

  4. 4
    give a command to a horse to turn to the right side wordnet
  5. 5
    To cause an animal to move in this way. transitive

    "You may need to walk up to the front of the pack and physically gee the lead dog."

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  1. 6
    turn to the right side wordnet
  2. 7
    To agree; to harmonize. UK, dialectal, obsolete

    "It didn't gee with what he had been trained to preach and think about about his religion, you know."

Etymology

Etymology 1

A shortening of Jesus, perhaps as in the oath by Jesus.

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Etymology 4

Unknown.

Etymology 5

From Middle English, from Old English ge, from Latin ge (the name of the letter G).

Etymology 6

Unknown. Possibly from gowl (“vagina, vulva”), a slang term in Ireland. Compare Irish gabhal (“fork, crotch”).

Etymology 7

Unknown.

Etymology 8

Northern English surname of debated meaning.

Etymology 9

Northern English surname of debated meaning.

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