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▪ I. gee, n.1 north. and Sc.|giː|
A fit of bad temper or sullenness; usually in phrase to take the gee: to take offence, become sulky.
a1605Montgomerie Sonn. xxv. 9 Ȝe knau ill guiding genders mony gees And specially in poets. 17..Song in Herd Collect. Scot. Songs (1829) 5 Lang or e'er that I cam hame, My wife had ta'en the gee. 1714‘What's the matter wi' the Whigs’ in Jacob. Songs (1887) 82 When he takes on his good dame's gees He canna rule himsel', sir. 1768Ross Helenore, etc. 143 When I speak to them that's stately, I find them ay ta'en with the gee. 1844Henderson in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 12. 101 The bride ‘took the gee’..and would not proceed a foot further. 1878Cumbld. Gloss. s.v., ‘He's teaun t' gee’, he has taken offence. 1893Northumbld. Gloss., Gee, a sudden turn, a pique.
▪ II. gee, n.2 colloq.|dʒiː|
[f. gee int.1]
A horse (orig. a child's word; cf. gee-gee).
1887Punch 22 Oct. 192/3 Pray tell me why that frisky gee, Called Pegasus, should harnessed be? 1890Licensed Vict. Gaz. 8 Feb. (Farmer) The gees were all broken to the stable. 1894Sir J. D. Astley 50 Years Life I. 59, I was to pay forty pounds in case either of the hired gees died.
▪ III. gee, n.3 slang.|dʒiː|
[Origin unknown; cf. next, and gee v.2 1 c.]
The accomplice of a cheapjack or showman. Also gee-man.
1898Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Dec. (Red page), A gee is their outside confederate, who ‘gees up’ the mugs for them. 1928Daily Express 19 Dec. 2/7 ‘Ricks’ or ‘gees’: people who mingle with the crowd to arouse their enthusiasm. 1941K. Tennant Battlers xiii. 141 ‘I'm geeing for him, and I'll fix it.’ The busker's spirits fell again. In the show world a ‘gee-man’ or ‘micky finn’ was socially on the level of a duck's feet. He is the man who goes out in the crowd and touts for custom. 1959News Chron. 16 Nov. 5/3 Strategically placed in the crowd, the ‘gee men’ started the bidding going.
▪ IV. gee, n.4 U.S. slang.|dʒiː|
[f. the pronunciation of the initial letter.]
= guy n.2 3 d.
1921P. & T. Casey Gay-Cat 302/2 Gee, guy, gun, mug, plug, stiff, etc.—a fellow. 1930[see go v. 58 d]. 1931Flynn's 24 Oct. 656/2 They tell me you've got a mortgage on the dump... I could find a gee with free money to stake you. 1968S. Challis Death on Quiet Beach xii. 177 ‘Just a minute, this ain't O'Brien.’ ‘No. This is some other gee.’
▪ V. gee, n.5|dʒiː|
The name of the letter G; spec. in U.S. slang, a thousand dollars (cf. G III. f).
1926Evening Standard 12 July 3/2 If one branch of English society drops its initial aitches, and another branch ignores its terminal gees. 1936L. Duncan Over Wall i. 21 A thousand-dollar bill was a Gee. 1946M. Taylor in ‘D. Stanley’ Treas. Sports Humor 149 There's a hundred gees at stake.
▪ VI. gee, n.6 slang (orig. U.S.).|giː, dʒiː|
[Origin uncertain; perh. f. ghee.]
Opium or some similar drug. Also attrib. Hence geed-up a., drugged.
1936Amer. Speech XI. 121/1 Gee-yen, opium which precipitates in very small quantities in the stem of the pipe. 1938Ibid. XIII. 184/2 Gee,..smoking opium, especially refined or reworked opium. Ibid. 185/1 Geed up. Ibid., Gee-stick, an opium pipe. 1939Flynn's 18 Mar. 56/2 She fell from the doorway, either not knowing there were two steps down into the bathroom or else forgetting it on account of being so geed up. 1953Anslinger & Tompkins Traffic in Narcotics 308 Gee, drugs, especially opium.
▪ VII. gee, n.7 Aeronaut.|dʒiː|
Also G.
[f. initial letter of grid.]
A navigational radar system developed in the war of 1939–45 to guide bombers to their targets. Also attrib.
1945Electronic Engin. XVII. 685/1 Gee. The navigational system which enabled our bombers to know exactly where they were at any time en route to or from Germany. Ibid. 713 ‘G’ or ‘Gee’ as it is more often spelt as an abbreviation for ‘Grid’, relating to the grid map references used by R.A.F. navigators. 1947Crowther & Whiddington Science at War Pl. x. (caption), The two boxes shown here contain the essential Gee receiver used on aircraft. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Apr. 194/4 It could give the bombers a set of lattice-lines from which the navigator might infallibly determine his position on the way to the target up to a distance of about 400 miles. This was Gee.
▪ VIII. gee, n.8 Science Fiction, Astronaut., and Aeronaut.
Brit. |dʒiː|, U.S. |dʒi|
Plural -s, unchanged
[‹ gee, the name of the letter G n. (see Initialisms 2 s.v.).]
A unit of acceleration equal to that due to gravity at the earth's surface (about 9.8 m or 32 ft. per second per second); a force arising from such acceleration; = G n. Initialisms 2.
Usage is largely limited to fictional and informal contexts.
[1950A. C. Clarke Interplanetary Flight 96 In normal rocket design we are accustomed to accelerations of several gravities, sustained for a period of a minute or so, but a few ‘milligee’ over a period of one or two days would produce the same final result.] 1951P. Anderson in Planet Stories Jan. 40/2 Come to think of it, the artificial gravity was a little higher than one gee. 1983How to land on the Moon in net.space (Usenet newsgroup) 8 Nov. The vehicle's kinetic energy heats up and scatters the sand; the vehicle slows from 1700 m/s at up to 2.4 gees. 1987B. Bova Millennium 176 The communications centre was down in the next wheel, Level Three, spinning fast enough to produce nearly half an Earth gee. 2000T. Clancy Bear & Dragon lv. 869 He still had a full magazine of 20-mm cannon shells, but suddenly all the gees and excitement were pulling on him. His arms felt leaden as he eased his Eagle back to level flight.
▪ IX. gee, v.1 slang.|dʒiː|
Also ge.
[Of doubtful etymology: possibly f. gee int.1]
intr. To ‘go’; to fit, suit, etc. (only in negative phrases).
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew s.v., It won't Gee, it won't hit, or go. 1785Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue s.v., It won't gee, it won't hit or do, it does not suit or fit. 1850Seaworthy Nag's Head v. 35 ‘It don't seem to gee!’ said Isaac, as he was trying to adjust the stove.
b. Of persons: To behave as is desired; to agree, get on well (together).
1719D'Urfey Pills V. 83 If Miss prove peevish, and will not gee, Ne'er pine..at the wanton Pug. 1803S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. 13 In Yorkshire, in Lancashire, and other Northern parts of the kingdom..where things do not suit or fit each other or where neighbours do not accord, the expression is ‘They do not Ge well together’. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia s.v., This does not ge well with that. He and she will never ge together. 1825Britton Beaut. Wiltsh. III. 374, Gee or Jee, to agree; to go on well together. 1889Century Mag. Dec. 225/2 Me and the president didn't gee. He hadn't no fault to find with me; but I didn't like his ways, and I quit.
▪ X. gee, v.2|dʒiː|
[f. gee int.]
1. trans.
a. Sc. = jee v. 2.
1813G. MacIndoe Wandering Muse 114 For me, I never geed my noddle, Nor car'd I Snip, or Tib a boddle. 1931H. S. Roberton Curdies xxvi. 106 The same men widna gee their ginger to put a bane-teeth comb through a wean's heid to stop it frae scartin’.
b. To direct (a horse, etc.) by the call of ‘gee’. Also absol.
1845E. J. Wakefield Adv. N.Z. II. 133 He geed the bullocks and ploughed on. 1867‘T. Lackland’ Homespun ii. 194 The regiment is somehow got back, by hawing and geeing, into line. Ibid. iii. 286 The man..is turning up the sod with the gleaming share..while he ‘gees’ and ‘haws’ the yoke of cattle.
c. To incite, encourage; spec. to entice or encourage (the public) to patronize side-shows, etc., at a fair (cf. gee n.3). Also, to make (a person or animal) move more quickly. Freq. const. up. Cf. gee-up v. slang.
1898[see gee n.3]. 1932‘Ex-Convict No. ―’ Dartmoor from Within iv. 86 Yells of encouragement were shouted from the cell windows by men in my own hall—‘geeing’ him on. 1936J. Curtis Gilt Kid xxiii. 231 He could flash a few oncers before her eyes if he wanted to gee her up. 1941[see gee n.3]. 1956R. Fuller Image of Society v. 141 The directors of the company must be gee'd up. 1958F. Norman Bang to Rights 64 With us still shouting and geeing the twirls up. Ibid. 130 My life I'm not geeing you up. 1967L. Deighton Expensive Place ix. 67, I tried to decide whether she was geeing me up.
2. intr. dial. (chiefly Sc.) = jee v. 1.
1835D. Webster Original Sc. Rhymes 116 Gloomy clouds may dim the air, But winna mak my fancy gee. 1891R. P. Chope Dial Hartland 47 To gee or gee round is to turn towards the right.
▪ XI. gee, int.1|dʒiː|
A word of command to a horse, variously (in different localities) used to direct it to turn to the right, to go forward, or to move faster.
1628Earle Microcosm., Country Fellow (Arb.) 49 He expostulates with his Oxen very vnderstandingly, and speaks Gee and Ree better then English. 1655Heywood & Rowley Fort. by Land & Sea ii. H.'s Wks. 1874 VI. 384 Come Ile go teach ye..gee and whoe. 1733Fielding Don Quixote in Eng. ii. xii, Gee, gee, boys, hup! 1806Bloomfield Wild Fl. Poems (1845) 189 Gee, Bayard! move your poor old bones. 1868Atkinson Cleveland Gloss., Gee, the word of command to horses in a team to turn to the right, or from the driver: substituted for the older word Ree. 1871C. Gibbon Lack of Gold xii, A steady-going old brown mare, which moved to and fro with mechanical regularity in obedience to the ‘gee’ and ‘wo’ of its driver.
▪ XII. gee, int.2 orig. U.S.|dʒiː|
[Prob. a shortening of Jesus! (or Jerusalem!); cf. geewhillikins int., gee whizz int.]
An exclamation of surprise or enthusiasm; also used simply for emphasis. Cf. jee int., Jeeze int.
1895S. Crane Red Badge of Courage ii. 28 Gee rod! how we will thump 'em! 1901S. E. White Westerners ii. 11 ‘Gee Christmas!’ ejaculated Billy, and laughed loudly. 1902Captain VII. 40 Gee! I thought the hair would come out of my head. 1906Amer. Illustr. Mag. Apr. 701 ‘I guess he's tall and thin and homely and dark, gee,’ he yowled explosively. 1909E. Underhill Runaway Place 134 ‘Gee, I believe you're right!’ he exclaimed. 1927H. A. Vachell Dew of Sea 269 But gee! if she is downing you, she offs it. 1953‘N. Shute’ In Wet 91 ‘Gee,’ said Wing Commander Dewar, ‘this thing'll drive me nuts.’
▪ XIII. gee
var. ghee; dial. var. give. |