gi1
/ɡiː
/noun
The loose white jacket worn in judo.Inside, people trickled onto a long, white canvas mat dressed in white gis (traditional martial arts uniforms) and white belts....
- Clip them onto strategic places on the gis of the students (end of sleeve, elbow, ankles, knees, lapel, back of neck, etc.)
- Competitions in this sport resemble Brazilian Jiu-jitsu competitions, although competitors do not usually wear gis.
Origin
Japanese.
GI2
/dʒiːˈʌɪ/noun (plural GIs)
A private soldier in the US army: she went off with a GI during the war
Origin
1930s (originally denoting equipment supplied to US forces): abbreviation of government (or general) issue.
GI3
/dʒiːˈʌɪ/abbreviation
Glycaemic index.
- staffage
- staff association
- staff college
- staffer
- Staffie
- staff notation
- staff nurse
- staff officer
- Stafford
- Staffordshire
- Staffordshire bull terrier
- staffroom
- Staffs.
- staff sergeant
- staff weapon
- stag
- stag beetle
- stage
- stageability
- stageable
- stagecoach
- stagecraft
- stage direction
- stage-dive
- stage-diver