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See also:Gee,GEE,andgée

English

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Etymology 1

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A shortening ofJesus, perhaps as in the oathby Jesus.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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gee

  1. (somewhat dated)A generalexclamation ofsurprise orfrustration.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:wow
    Gee, I didn't know that!
    Gee, you didn't have to kick me!
    • 1935, Jane Murfin, Sam Mintz, Allan Scott (screenplay),Roberta (motion picture), RKO Pictures:
      Stephanie (Irene Dunne): Oh, yes. I like the English. And the Americans, too! / John Kent (Randolph Scott):Gee, that's swell. I'm an American! / Stephanie:Gee, that's swe–, I mean, I thought so.
Usage notes
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Gee is generally considered somewhat dated or juvenile. It is often used for ironic effect, with the speaker putting on an air of youthful innocence.

Derived terms
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Translations
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exclamation of surprise or pleasure

Etymology 2

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Unknown.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gee (third-person singular simple presentgees,present participlegeeing,simple past and past participlegeed)

  1. (intransitive) Of ahorse,pack animal, etc.: tomoveforward; gofaster; orturn in adirection away from thedriver, typically to theright.
    This horse won’tgee when I tell him to.
  2. (transitive) To cause an animal to move in this way.
    You may need to walk up to the front of the pack and physicallygee the lead dog.
  3. (UK, dialect, obsolete) Toagree; toharmonize.
    • 1918, Mary Stanbery Watts,The Boardman Family, page342:
      It didn'tgee with what he had been trained to preach and think about about his religion, you know.
    • 1968, Rex Stout,The Father Hunt:
      I did use a few of the items, in Elinor's handwriting, to check the writing on the letter that was in the box with the money. Itgeed.
Coordinate terms
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Derived terms
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Translations
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to turn away from the driver
to cause an animal to move away
  • Bulgarian:no equivalent term in Bulgarian, but seeчиба (bg)(čiba)

Noun

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gee (pluralgees)

  1. Agee-gee, ahorse.

Interjection

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gee

  1. Acommand to ahorse,pack animal, etc., which mayvariously mean “moveforward”, “gofaster”, or “turn to theright”.
    Mush, huskies. Now,gee!Gee!

Etymology 3

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FromMiddle English, fromOld Englishge, fromLatinge(the name of the letter G).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gee (pluralgees)

  2. The name of theLatin-script letterG/g.
    One branch of English society drops its initialaitches, and another branch ignores its terminalgees.
    • 1773 October,The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:
      The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee engee tee aitch.
    • 2004, Will Rogers,The Stonking Steps, page170:
      I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in hisgee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
  3. (slang)Abbreviation ofgrand; athousanddollars.
    tengees
  4. (physics)Abbreviation ofgravity; theunit ofacceleration equal to that exerted bygravity at the earth's surface.
    • 1949 July,Margaret St. Clair, “Sacred Martian Pig”, inStartling Stories, page92:
      I've more muscle than you, and I'm used to greatergee, being from earth.
    • 1987,Tom Clancy,Patriot Games, page449:
      So if you fire the Phoenix inside that radius, he just can't evade it. The missile can pull moregees than any pilot can.
  5. (US, slang) Aguy.
    • 1939,Raymond Chandler,The Big Sleep, Penguin, published2011, page197:
      Just off the highway there's a small garage and paint-shop run by agee named Art Huck.
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Related terms
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  • gay (in shorthand)
Translations
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name of the letter G, g
slang: a thousand dollars
the unit of acceleration equal to that exerted by gravity
  • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
  • Finnish:G (fi)
  • Galician:G (gl)

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Etymology 4

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Unknown. Possibly fromgowl(“vagina, vulva”), a slang term in Ireland. CompareIrishgabhal(“fork, crotch”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gee (pluralgees)

  1. (Ireland, slang)Vagina,vulva.[1]

Etymology 5

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Unknown.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gee (third-person singular simple presentgees,present participlegeeing,simple past and past participlegeed)

  1. Tosuit orfit.
    • 1867, W.H. Smyth,The Sailor’s Word-Book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including some more especially military and scientific, but useful to seamen; as well as archaisms of early voyagers, etc. by the late ADMIRAL W. H. SMYTH, K.S.F., D.C.L., &c.:
      That will just "gee".

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Etymology 6

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Verb

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gee (third-person singular simple presentgees,present participlegeeing,simple past and past participlegeed)

  1. (obsolete, dialect) Togive.
    • 1857, Thomas Hughes,Tom Brown's School Days:
      And good old Holmes delivered his soul on the walk home of many wise sayings, and, as the song says,
      "Gee'd 'em a sight of good advice;"[…]

References

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  1. ^Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor (2006),The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English‎[1],→ISBN, page850

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Anagrams

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeː/ [ˈɡeː]
  • Hyphenation:gee

Verb

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gée (autobenefactivegeyité)

  1. (transitive)find
  2. (transitive)recover
  3. (transitive)get,obtain

Conjugation

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    Conjugation ofgee (type II verb)
1st singular2nd singular3rd singular1st plural2nd plural3rd plural
mf
perfectiveV-affirmativegéehgeytéhgéehgeytéhgeynéhgeyteeníhgeeníh
N-affirmativegéegeytégéegeytégeynégeyténgéen
negativemágeyinniyomágeyinnitomágeyinnamágeyinnamágeyinninomágeyinnitonmágeyinnon
imperfectiveV-affirmativegeyáhgeytáhgeyáhgeytáhgeynáhgeytaanáhgeyaanáh
N-affirmativegeyágeytágeyágeytágeynágeytángeyán
negativemágeyamágeytamágeyamágeytamágeynamágeytanmágeyan
prospectiveV-affirmativegéeliyoh
géeyyoh		géelitoh
géettoh		géelehgéelehgéelinoh
géennoh		géelitoonuh
géettoonuh		géeloonuh
N-affirmativegéeliyo
géeyyo		géelito
géetto		géelegéelegéelino
géenno		géeliton
géetton		géelon
conjunctive IV-affirmativegéyuhgéyuhgéyuhgéyuhgéyuhgeytóonuhgeyóonuh
N-affirmativegéyugéyugéyugéyugéyugeytóngeyón
negativegée wáyuhgée wáytuhgée wáyuhgée wáytuhgée wáynuhgée waytóonuhgée wóonuh
conjunctive IIV-affirmativegeyánkehgeytánkehgeyánkehgeytánkehgeynánkehgeytaanánkehgeyaanánkeh
N-affirmativegeyánkegeytánkegeyánkegeytánkegeynánkegeytaanánkegeyaanánke
negativegée wáankehgée waytánkehgée wáankehgée waytánkehgée waynánkehgée waytaanánkehgée wáankeh
jussiveaffirmativegéyaygéyaygéyaygéyaygéyaygeytóonaygeyóonay
negativegée wáaygée wáytaygée wáaygée wáytaygée wáynaygée waytóonaygée wóonay
past
conditional		affirmativegeyinniyóygeyinnitóygeyinnáygeyinnáygeyinninóygeyinnitoonúygeyinnoonúy
negativegée wanniyóygée wannitóygée wannáygée wannáygée wanninóygée wannitoonúygée wanninoonúy
present
conditional I		affirmativegéekgeytékgéekgeytékgeynékgeyteeníkgeeník
negativegée wéekgée waytékgée wéekgée waytékgée waynékgée wayteeníkgée weeník
singularpluralsingularplural
consultativeaffirmativegeyóogeynóoimperativeaffirmativegéygéya
negativemageyóomageynóonegativemágeyinmágeyina
-h converb-i form-k converb-in(n)uh converb-innuk converbinfinitiveindefinite participle
V-focusN-focus
géyahgéyigéyakgeyínnuhgeyínnukgeyíyyageyináanihgeyináan
Compound tenses
past perfectaffirmative perfective +perfective ofén orsugé
present perfectaffirmative perfective +imperfective ofén
future perfectaffirmative perfective +prospective ofsugé
past progressive-k converb +imperfective ofén orsugé
present progressiveaffirmative imperfect +imperfective ofén
future progressive-k converb +prospective ofsugé
immediate futureaffirmative conjunctive I +imperfective ofwée
imperfect potential Iaffirmative conjunctive I +imperfective oftakké
imperfect
potential II		affirmativeimperfective +-m +takké
negativegée +imperfective ofwée +-m +takké
perfect
potential		affirmativeperfective +-m +takké
negativegée +perfective ofwée +-m +takké
present
conditional II		affirmativeimperfective +object pronoun +tekkék
negativegée +perfective ofwée +object pronoun +tekkék
perfect
conditional		affirmativeperfective +imperfective ofsugé +-k
negativeperfective +sugé +imperfective ofwée-k
irrealisgée +perfective ofxaaxé orraaré

References

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  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “gee”, inAn Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London,→ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015),L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European*gʰebʰ-
    Proto-Germanic*gebaną
    Proto-West Germanic*geban
    Old Dutchgevan
    Middle Dutchgēven
    Dutchgeven
    Afrikaansgee

    Inherited fromDutchgeven, fromMiddle Dutchgēven, fromOld Dutchgevan, fromProto-West Germanic*geban, fromProto-Germanic*gebaną, fromProto-Indo-European*gʰebʰ-.

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    Verb

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    gee (presentgee,present participlegewende,past participlegegee)

    1. togive
      Ekgee op! ―Igive up!

    Alemannic German

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    gee (third-person singular simple presentgit,past participlegee,auxiliaryhaa)(Switzerland)

    1. (ditransitive) togive(in various senses)
    2. (impersonal, transitive)Used to indicate that something exists. Usually translated asthere is/are orthere exist(s)
      Synonym:haa
      So öppisgits nume doo! ―Something like this onlyexists here. (literally, “Something like this itgives only here.”)

    Estonian

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    Noun

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    gee (genitive[please provide],partitive[please provide])

    1. The name of theLatin-script letterG/g.

    Finnish

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    Etymology

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    FromLatingē.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈɡeː/,[ˈɡe̞ː]
    • Rhymes:-eː
    • Syllabification(key):gee
    • Hyphenation(key):gee

    Noun

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    gee

    1. The name of theLatin-script letterG/g.
    2. (physics)gee(unit of acceleration equal to that exerted by gravity)

    Declension

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    Inflection ofgee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
    nominativegeegeet
    genitivegeengeiden
    geitten
    partitivegeetägeitä
    illativegeehengeihin
    singularplural
    nominativegeegeet
    accusativenom.geegeet
    gen.geen
    genitivegeengeiden
    geitten
    partitivegeetägeitä
    inessivegeessägeissä
    elativegeestägeistä
    illativegeehengeihin
    adessivegeellägeillä
    ablativegeeltägeiltä
    allativegeellegeille
    essivegeenägeinä
    translativegeeksigeiksi
    abessivegeettägeittä
    instructive—gein
    comitativeSee the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms ofgee(Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singularplural
    nominativegeenigeeni
    accusativenom.geenigeeni
    gen.geeni
    genitivegeenigeideni
    geitteni
    partitivegeetänigeitäni
    inessivegeessänigeissäni
    elativegeestänigeistäni
    illativegeehenigeihini
    adessivegeellänigeilläni
    ablativegeeltänigeiltäni
    allativegeellenigeilleni
    essivegeenänigeinäni
    translativegeeksenigeikseni
    abessivegeettänigeittäni
    instructive——
    comitative—geineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singularplural
    nominativegeesigeesi
    accusativenom.geesigeesi
    gen.geesi
    genitivegeesigeidesi
    geittesi
    partitivegeetäsigeitäsi
    inessivegeessäsigeissäsi
    elativegeestäsigeistäsi
    illativegeehesigeihisi
    adessivegeelläsigeilläsi
    ablativegeeltäsigeiltäsi
    allativegeellesigeillesi
    essivegeenäsigeinäsi
    translativegeeksesigeiksesi
    abessivegeettäsigeittäsi
    instructive——
    comitative—geinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singularplural
    nominativegeemmegeemme
    accusativenom.geemmegeemme
    gen.geemme
    genitivegeemmegeidemme
    geittemme
    partitivegeetämmegeitämme
    inessivegeessämmegeissämme
    elativegeestämmegeistämme
    illativegeehemmegeihimme
    adessivegeellämmegeillämme
    ablativegeeltämmegeiltämme
    allativegeellemmegeillemme
    essivegeenämmegeinämme
    translativegeeksemmegeiksemme
    abessivegeettämmegeittämme
    instructive——
    comitative—geinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singularplural
    nominativegeennegeenne
    accusativenom.geennegeenne
    gen.geenne
    genitivegeennegeidenne
    geittenne
    partitivegeetännegeitänne
    inessivegeessännegeissänne
    elativegeestännegeistänne
    illativegeehennegeihinne
    adessivegeellännegeillänne
    ablativegeeltännegeiltänne
    allativegeellennegeillenne
    essivegeenännegeinänne
    translativegeeksennegeiksenne
    abessivegeettännegeittänne
    instructive——
    comitative—geinenne

    Anagrams

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    Manx

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    Verb

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    gee

    1. presentparticiple ofee

    Old English

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    Adverb

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    ġee

    1. alternative form ofġēa

    Võro

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    Noun

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    gee (genitive[please provide],partitive[please provide])

    1. The name of theLatin-script letterG/g.

    Inflection

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    This noun needs aninflection-table template.

    Woiwurrung

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    gee

    1. the[1]

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    1. ^https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/The_aborigines_of_Victoria_-_with_notes_relating_to_the_habits_of_the_natives_of_other_parts_of_Australia_and_Tasmania_%28IA_b24885228_0002%29.pdf

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    Etymology

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    FromMiddle Englishgẹ̄ven. Doublet ofyie. Cognate withScotsgie(“give”).

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    Verb

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    gee (third-person singulargees,simple pastgae,past participlegien)

    1. togive

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    References

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    • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page41
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