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[ gee-zer ] / ˈgi zər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR geezer ON THESAURUS.COM
noun Slang.an odd or eccentric man: the old geezer who sells shoelaces on the corner. Origin of geezer1880–85; variant of guiser (see guise (v.), -er1), representing dial. pronunciation Words nearby geezergeest, gee-string, gee whiz, Geez, geezah, geezer, gefilte fish, gegenschein, geggie, Gehenna, gehlenite Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for geezerI just did one [Geezer] with Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day. Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST To someone my age (47) Keith Richards (67) in his memoir Life has a kind of rare healthy post-Empire geezer transparency. Notes on Charlie Sheen and the End of Empire|Bret Easton Ellis|March 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST Plus, click here to read syndicated columnist and co-founder of Wowowow.com Liz Smith on geezer buying power. 80-Year-Old Rock Stars|Doree Shafrir|March 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST One day, he took me to a store to buy a gayser, pronounced “geezer,” a small heating tank. My Own Private Bollywood|Katherine Russell Rich|July 7, 2009|DAILY BEAST
But you ain't no geezer of dat sort—yer square, an' Old Bill wishes you good luck till de robins nest again. Thoroughbreds|W. A. Fraser Seventeen hundred seventy-five, Hardly a geezer ban now alive Who live har ven Paul ban wolunteer. The Norsk Nightingale|William F. Kirk What was the "game" of this big "geezer" who was carrying him off? Heart of the West|O. Henry We had a cinch on getting out, but some geezer led us a fool chase by cutting our cord and steering us around in a circle. The Call of the Beaver Patrol|V. T. Sherman A geezer that'd work his hands these days is a—well, a geezer.
British Dictionary definitions for geezerWord Origin for geezerC19: probably from dialect pronunciation of guiser, from guise + -er 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to geezerold hand, fuddy-duddy, square, conservative, fossil, senior, veteran, mossback, gramps, old fogy, old soldier, war-horse |