geen.1
/ɡiː/, U.S. /ɡi/, Scottish English /ɡi/ English regional (northern) and Scottish.
A fit of bad temper or sullenness; usually in phrase to take the gee: to take offence, become sulky.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of
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mard1998
a1605 A. Montgomerie Sonnets (1887) xxv. 9 Ȝe knau ill guiding genders mony gees And specially in poets.
?17.. Song in D. Herd Coll. Scottish 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.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 143 When I speak to them that's stately, I find them ay ta'en with the gee.
1844 Henderson in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 12. 101 The bride ‘took the gee’..and would not proceed a foot further.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘He's teaun t' gee’, he has taken offence.
1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Gee, a sudden turn, a pique.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
geen.2
/dʒiː/, U.S. /dʒi/ colloquial.
A horse (originally a child's word; cf. gee-gee n.).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun]
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mareOE
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steed-
1887 Punch 22 Oct. 192/3 Pray tell me why that frisky gee, Called Pegasus, should harnessed be?
1890 Licensed Vict. Gaz. 8 Feb. (Farmer) The gees were all broken to the stable.
1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 59 I was to pay forty pounds in case either of the hired gees died.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
geen.3
/dʒiː/, U.S. /dʒi/ slang.
The accomplice of a cheapjack or showman. Also gee-man.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > itinerant or pedlar > cheap-jack > accomplice of
gee1898
1898 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Dec. (Red page) A gee is their outside confederate, who ‘gees up’ the mugs for them.
1928 Daily Express 19 Dec. 2/7 ‘Ricks’ or ‘gees’: people who mingle with the crowd to arouse their enthusiasm.
1941 K. 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.
1959 News Chron. 16 Nov. 5/3 Strategically placed in the crowd, the ‘gee men’ started the bidding going.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
geen.4
/dʒiː/, U.S. /dʒi/ U.S. slang.
= guy n.2 3d.
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the world > people > person > man > [noun]
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rinkeOE
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heOE
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seggeOE
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manOE
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mother sona1250
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Mr1753
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scout1912
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bimbo1919
bozo1920
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okie1943
mugger1945
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muzhik1993
1921 P. Casey & T. Casey Gay-cat 302/2 Gee, guy, gun, mug, plug, stiff, etc.—a fellow.
1930 Amer. Mercury Dec. 456/1 I go for that gee. He's a righto.
1931 Flynn'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.
1968 S. Challis Death on Quiet Beach xii. 177 ‘Just a minute, this ain't O'Brien.’ ‘No. This is some other gee.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
geen.5
/dʒiː/, U.S. /dʒi/ The letter G; spec. in U.S. slang, a thousand dollars (cf. G n. Initialisms).
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society > communication > writing > written character > name of written character > [noun] > others
Bc1000
Dc1000
ellc1000
Fc1000
Sc1000
yogha1300
Pa1398
ess1540
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at sign1977
1926 Evening Standard 12 July 3/2 If one branch of English society drops its initial aitches, and another branch ignores its terminal gees.
1936 L. Duncan Over Wall i. 21 A thousand-dollar bill was a Gee.
1946 M. Taylor in ‘D. Stanley’ Treas. Sports Humor 149 There's a hundred gees at stake.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
geen.6
/dʒiː/, /ɡiː/, U.S. /dʒi/ slang (originally U.S.).
Opium or some similar drug. Also attributive.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > opium
poppyOE
opiec1385
opiuma1398
afion1542
meconium1601
mud1852
yen she1882
smoke1884
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gow1922
yen1926
tar1935
gee1936
1936 Amer. Speech 11 121/1 Gee-yen, opium which precipitates in very small quantities in the stem of the pipe.
1938 Amer. Speech 13 184/2 Gee,..smoking opium, especially refined or reworked opium.
1938 Amer. Speech 13 185/1 Gee-stick, an opium pipe.
1953 H. J. Anslinger & W. F. Tompkins Traffic in Narcotics 308 Gee, drugs, especially opium.
Derivatives
geed-up adj. drugged.
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1938 Amer. Speech 13 185/1 Geed up.
1939 Flynn'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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
geen.7
/dʒiː/, U.S. /dʒi/ Aeronautics.
A navigational radar system developed in the war of 1939–45 to guide bombers to their targets. Also attributive.
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [noun] > navigational systems > radar system guiding bombers
gee1945
1945 Electronic Engin. 17 685/1 Gee. The navigational system which enabled our bombers to know exactly where they were at any time en route to or from Germany.
1945 Electronic Engin. 17 713 ‘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.
1947 J. G. Crowther & R. Whiddington Sci. at War Pl. x. (caption) The two boxes shown here contain the essential Gee receiver used on aircraft.
1959 Times 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
geen.8
/dʒiː/, U.S. /dʒi/ Science Fiction, Astronautics, and Aeronautics.
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. 14.Usage is largely limited to fictional and informal contexts.
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1950 A. 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.]
1951 P. Anderson in Planet Stories Jan. 40/2 Come to think of it, the artificial gravity was a little higher than one gee.
1983 How 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.
1987 B. Bova Millennium 176 The communications centre was down in the next wheel, Level Three, spinning fast enough to produce nearly half an Earth gee.
2000 T. 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.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
geev.1
/dʒiː/, U.S. /dʒi/ slang.
a. intransitive. To ‘go’; to fit, suit, etc. (only in negative phrases).
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > be suitable, appropriate, or suit [verb (intransitive)]
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1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew (at cited word) It won't Gee, it won't hit, or go.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) It won't gee, it won't hit or do, it does not suit or fit.
1850 Seaworthy 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).
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > get on (well)
gree?a1513
to get in with1602
cotton1605
to hitch (also set, or stable) horses together1617
to hit it1634
gee1685
to set horses together1685
to be made for each other (also one another)1751
to hit it off1780
to get ona1805
to hitch horses together1835
niggle1837
to step together1866
to speak (also talk) someone's (also the same) language1893
to stall with1897
cog1926
groove1935
click1954
vibe1986
1685 E. Morgan in N. Thompson Choice Coll. Songs (ed. 3) 323 If thy Mistress prove peevish, and will not gee, Ne'er pine..for the scornful Pug.
1803 S. 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’.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) This does not ge well with that. He and she will never ge together.
1825 J. Britton Beauties Wilts. III. 374 Gee or Jee, to agree; to go on well together.
1889 Cent. 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
geev.2
/dʒiː/, U.S. /dʒi/ 1. transitive.
a. Scottish. = jee v. 2.
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1813 G. MacIndoe Wandering Muse 114 For me, I never geed my noddle, Nor car'd I Snip, or Tib a boddle.
1931 H. 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.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a horse-drawn vehicle > direct horses in specific way
hap1723
winda1745
hup1823
gee1845
1845 E. J. Wakefield Adventure in 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.
1867 ‘T. Lackland’ Homespun 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. Frequently const. up. Cf. gee-up vb. at gee-up int. Derivatives. slang.
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society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [verb (transitive)] > encourage people to patronize shows
gee1898
the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > urge on or incite > by encouragement
to give heart of grace1539
spirit1682
gee1932
root1937
1898 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Dec. (Red page) A gee is their outside confederate, who ‘gees up’ the mugs for them.
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.
1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid xxiii. 231 He could flash a few oncers before her eyes if he wanted to gee her up.
1941 K. 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.
1956 R. Fuller Image of Society v. 141 The directors of the company must be gee'd up.
1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights 64 With us still shouting and geeing the twirls up.
1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights 130 My life I'm not geeing you up.
1967 L. Deighton Expensive Place ix. 67 I tried to decide whether she was geeing me up.
2. intransitive. dialect (chiefly Scottish) = jee v. 1.
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1835 D. Webster Orig. Sc. Rhymes 116 Gloomy clouds may dim the air, But winna mak my fancy gee.
1891 R. P. Chope Dial. Hartland, Devonshire 47 To gee or gee round is to turn towards the right.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
geeint.1
/dʒiː/, U.S. /dʒi/ 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.
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1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxx. sig. F4 He expostulates with his Oxen very vnderstandingly, and speakes Gee and Ree better then English.
a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea ii, in Wks. (1874) VI. 384 Come Ile go teach ye..gee and whoe.
1734 H. Fielding Don Quixote in Eng. ii. xii. 36 Gee, Gee, Boys, Hup!
1806 R. Bloomfield Abner in Wild Flowers 1 Gee, Bayard! move your poor old bones.
1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 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.
1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold I. xii. 170 A steady-going old brown mare, which moved to and fro with mechanical regularity in obedience to the ‘gee’ and ‘wo’ of its driver.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
geeint.2
/dʒiː/, U.S. /dʒi/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
Expressing any of a number of feelings or emotions, esp. surprise, enthusiasm, or exasperation. Also used for emphasis. Also (esp. in earlier use) in elaborated variants such as gee Christmas, gee rod, etc.Cf. jee adv. and int., Jeez int., and see also gee whiz int., gee willikers int.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection]
whatOE
well, wellOE
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o me!a1547
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ay me!1591
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good stars!1615
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criminy1681
Lawd1696
the dickens1697
(God, etc.) bless my heart1704
alackaday1705
(for) mercy's sake!1707
my1707
deuce1710
gracious1712
goodly and gracious1713
my word1722
my stars and garters!1758
lawka1774
losha1779
Lord bless me (also you, us, etc.)1784
great guns!1795
mein Gott1795
Dear me!1805
fancy1813
well, I'm sure!1815
massy1817
Dear, dear!1818
to get off1818
laws1824
Mamma mia1824
by crikey1826
wisha1826
alleleu1829
crackey1830
Madonna mia1830
indeed1834
to go on1835
snakes1839
Jerusalem1840
sapristi1840
oh my days1841
tear and ages1841
what (why, etc.) in time?1844
sakes alive!1846
gee willikers1847
to get away1847
well, to be sure!1847
gee1851
Great Scott1852
holy mackerel!1855
doggone1857
lawsy1868
my wig(s)!1871
gee whiz1872
crimes1874
yoicks1881
Christmas1882
hully gee1895
'ullo1895
my hat!1899
good (also great) grief!1900
strike me pink!1902
oo-er1909
what do you know?1909
cripes1910
coo1911
zowiec1913
can you tie that?1918
hot diggety1924
yeow1924
ziggety1924
stone (or stiffen) the crows1930
hullo1931
tiens1932
whammo1932
po po po1936
how about that?1939
hallo1942
brother1945
tie that!1948
surprise1953
wowee1963
yikes1971
never1974
to sod off1976
whee1978
mercy1986
yipes1989
1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. xii. 211 ‘By Gollies, yonder's a house!’ ‘A house?..thar's a whole town, if thar's a single shanty. Gee! Jim, look yonder.’
1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage ii. 28 Gee rod! how we will thump 'em!
1901 S. E. White Westerners ii. 11 ‘Gee Christmas!’ ejaculated Billy, and laughed loudly.
1909 E. Underhill Runaway Place 134 ‘Gee, I believe you're right!’ he exclaimed.
1953 ‘N. Shute’ In Wet 91 ‘Gee,’ said Wing Commander Dewar, ‘this thing'll drive me nuts.’
2009 New Yorker 19 Oct. 29/3 How do they get the phones? ‘Oh, gee—all kinds of ways.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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