Gilly
name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of gillie (“a guide”). alt-of, alternative
"Before we knew it, we were on a Fokker, twin engine, jet aircraft out of Copenhagen bound for Stavenger, Bergen and Trondheim, Norway, where we rested up for two days before boarding a four passenger float plane in the tiny Village of Hell. The Land Rover manned by our gilly (guide) waited where the A-Elv River joined the sea at the head of the fjord."
- 2 The drink torpedo juice. slang, uncountable
- 1 A diminutive of the female given name Gillian.
- 2 A surname from French. countable, uncountable
- 3 A suburban town in Charleroi municipality, Belgium. countable, uncountable
- 4 A municipality in Vaud canton, Switzerland. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Before we knew it, we were on a Fokker, twin engine, jet aircraft out of Copenhagen bound for Stavenger, Bergen and Trondheim, Norway, where we rested up for two days before boarding a four passenger float plane in the tiny Village of Hell. The Land Rover manned by our gilly (guide) waited where the A-Elv River joined the sea at the head of the fjord."
Etymology
Borrowed from French Gilly.
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