Dictionary: GAP – GAR

► GAP n. 1. a gash or wound in the body → 1500 obs.
n. 2. the female genitals → E18 sl.
n. 3. the space between the breasts → 20C sl.
n. 4. the mouth → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 5. the Great American Public → 1965 US sl.
vb. to watch, to witness a crime → 1949 US sl.
► GAPE n. 1. a rent or opening of any kind → 1658
n. 2. an open-mouthed stare; a gaze of wonder or curiosity → 1660
n. 3. the female genitals → E18 sl.
n. 4. a state of eagerness or wonder → 1712
n. 5. a fit of yawning or staring → 1815 humorous usage
n. 6. a completely relaxed, distended anus; used by sex fetishists, esp. on the Internet → 1999 US sl.
vb. 1. to desire eagerly to do something → 1340
vb. 2. to gasp from pain, heat, etc.; also, of the dead: to have the mouth open → 1352 obs.
vb. 3. to stare in wonder or admiration → 1377
vb. 4. to yawn, esp. from weariness → 1440
vb. 5. of wounds, material objects, etc.: to split, to crack, to part asunder → 1577
vb. 6. to bawl or shout → 1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to open → 1607 jocular usage
vb. 8. to open the mouth wide → 1665
vb. 9. to idle, to wander → 1966 US sl.
► GAPE AFTER vb. to be eager to obtain; to have a longing for something → 1340
► GAPE AWAY vb. to pass the time in yawning → 1883
► GAPE-GAZE vb. to gaze with open mouth, or with eagerness → 1863
► GAPE-NEST ► GAPE’S NEST n. a spectacle; a gaping-stock; a strange sight; an occasion for gaping → 1746 Eng. dial.  
► GAPE ONE’S GAB vb. to open one’s mouth wide (like a young bird) → 1865 Sc. obs.
► GAPER n. 1. one who longs for a thing → 1559 obs.
n. 2. one that stares or gazes in wonder or curiosity → 1637
n. 3. the female genitals → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 4. a mirror → 1931 US sl.
n. 5. a dolt, an idiot → 1966 US sl.
n. 6. a novice skier, or a non-skier watching others → 1990 US sl.
► GAPER-BLOCK n. a traffic problem created by motorists slowing down to gawk at an accident → 1961 US sl.
► GAPERESS n. a female who stares or gazes in wonder or curiosity → 1660 obs.
► GAPERS’ BLOCK n. a traffic problem created by motorists slowing down to gawk at an accident → 1961 US sl.
► GAPE-SEED n. 1. something stared at by a gaping crowd; also, the act of staring with open mouth → 1700
n. 2. one who stares with open mouth → 1835
► GAPESHOT adj. open-mouthed → 1877 Sc.
► GAPE-SHOW n. a spectacle; a gaping-stock; a strange sight; an occasion for gaping → 1897 Eng. dial.  
► GAPE-SNATCH n. a spectacle; a gaping-stock; a strange sight; an occasion for gaping → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAPIE n. a stupid, gaping, or irresponsible person; a fool → 1908 Sc.
► GAPING n. a deep opening or chasm in the earth → 1539 arch.
► GAPING AND FLAMING adj. of a party: wild, rowdy, fun → 1968 US sl.
► GAPING ASSHOLE n. a dolt, an idiot → 1966 US sl.
► GAPINGLY adv. with open mouth; eagerly; amazedly → 1571
► GAPING-STOCK n. an object of open-mouthed wonder → 1817
► GAPISH adj. having a tendency to gape, open-mouthed → 1850
► GAP IT vb. to make a quick exit → 2000 S. Africa
► GAPO n. 1. Giant ArmPit Odour → 20C teen & high school sl.
n. 2. Gorilla ArmPit Odour → 1967 US sl.
► GAPOSIS n. a notional disease involving a gap of any kind → 1942 US sl.
► GAP OUT vb. to daydream and miss something from lack of attention → 1993 Can. sl.
► GAPPER n. a mirror; used to describe one used by prisoners to watch for approaching guards while the prisoners do something which they ought not to do → 1934 US prison sl.
► GAPPINGS n. a salary → 1955 US sl.
► GAPPY adj. rash, foolish, imprudent → 1929 Sc.
n. a stupid, gaping, or irresponsible person; a fool → 1908 Sc.
► GAP-STEAD n. an opening in a wall or hedge, left for convenience of passage → 1644 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GAP-STOPPER n. 1. a whoremonger → L18 Brit. sl.
n. 2. the penis → 19C Brit. sl.
► GAP UP vb. to fill capsules with a powdered narcotic → 1971 US sl.
► GAP-WIDE adj. gaping wide open → 1583 obs.
► GAPY adj. disposed to yawn → 1830
► GAP YOUR AXE vb. to annoy → 1998 NZ sl.
► GAR adj. excellent, pleasing → 1993 US sl.
int. 1. God’s life! → 1598
int. 2. a cry of warning; look out! beware; also, take care → 1653
n. 1. any slimy, filthy, or muddy substance; that produced by algae in a pond or river; green seaweed; any sticky, miry mess → 1808 Sc.
n. 2. the slime on fish → 1929 Sc.
n. 3. a nickname for a Black person → 1962 US sl., derogatory
n. 4. marijuana rolled in cigar leaf → 2001 US sl.
vb. 1. to do, to perform; to make → 1300 obs.
vb. 2. to make or cause one to do something → 1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to cause, to occasion → 1460 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to jumble, to mix or mess up by stirring, etc. → 1866 Sc.
vb. 5. to muddy → 1880 Sc.
► GARAGANTUA n. a giant → 1571 obs.
► GARAGE n. a subset of a criminal organization → 1975 US sl.
► GARAGE ACTION n. a legal action for libel (usually against a newspaper) brought by the police on their own behalf; the damages awarded are often substantial enough to buy a new garage for the police officer’s home → 1998 UK sl.
► GARAGE BAND n. an amateur rock group with a basic, three-chord approach to music → 1977 US sl.
► GARAGE MAN’S COMPANION n. a truck manufactured by General Motors Corporation → 1971 US sl.
► GARANS! int. certainly! guaranteed! → 1981 Hawaiian youth usage
► GARB n. 1. grace, elegance, stylishness of manners or appearance → 1591 obs.
n. 2. style, manner, fashion; manner of doing anything, style of living, form of behaviour; also, a prevailing mode or custom → 1599 obs.
n. 3. a person’s outward bearing, behaviour, carriage, or demeanour → 1605 obs.
n. 4. of frost: a thin coating → 1916 Sc.
► GARBAGE n. 1. the offal of an animal used for food; esp. the entrails → 1430
n. 2. something of inferior quality → 1592
n. 3. worthless or foul literary matter → 1592
n. 4. nonsense → 1592 UK
n. 5. cocktail garnishes → 1908 US sl.
n. 6. in hot rodding: a surfeit of accessories unrelated to the car’s performance → 1960 US sl.
n. 7. heroin; low quality heroin → 1962 US sl.
n. 8. in poker: the cards that have been discarded → 1967 US sl.
n. 9. farm produce → 1976 US sl.
n. 10. any and all food, usually low in protein and high carbohydrates, not in a bodybuilder’s diet → 1984 US sl.
vb. to disembowel; to remove the offal from; to gut fish → 1542 obs.
► GARBAGE BARGE n. a tuna fish sandwich → 1985 US sl.
► GARBAGE CAN n. an old prostitute → E20 US sl.
► GARBAGE DOWN vb. to eat quickly → 1959 US sl.
► GARBAGE DUMP n. the California State Prison at San Quentin → 1992 US sl.
► GARBAGE FREAK n. an addict who will take any drug → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GARBAGE GUTS n. a glutton → 1977 Aust. sl.
► GARBAGE HAULER n. a truck driver hauling fruit or vegetables → 1971 US sl.
► GARBAGE HEAD n. an addict who will use any substance available → 1970 US sl.
► GARBAGE IN – GARBAGE OUT phr. used as an admonition to computer users: if you program mistakes into a computer, then an output of rubbish will surely result → 1976 US sl.
► GARBAGE MOUTH n. a person who regularly uses obscene language; a foul-mouthed person → 1970 US sl.
► GARBAGE ROCK n. crack cocaine, esp. of inferior quality → 1998 UK sl.
► GARBAGE SHOT n. in pool: a shot made with luck, not with skill → 1979 US sl.
► GARBAGE STAND n. in the circus and carnivals: a novelty concession → 1981 US sl.
► GARBAGE TIME n. the minutes at the end of an athletic contest when the outcome is not in doubt and substitute players are used freely by either or both teams; games at the end of a season when a team’s record is such that a win or loss will not make difference and substitute players are freely used → 1971 US sl.
► GARBAGE UP vb. 1. to eat → 1955 US sl.
vb. 2. in bodybuilding: to eat food that is not in your regular diet → 1984 US sl.
► GARBAGE WAGON n. a standard Harley-Davidson motorcycle → 1966 US sl.
► GARBANZOS n. the female breasts → 1982 US sl.
► GARBE n. 1. grace, elegance, stylishness of manners or appearance → 1591 obs.
n. 2. style, manner, fashion; manner of doing anything, style of living, form of behaviour; also, a prevailing mode or custom → 1599 obs.
n. 3. a person’s outward bearing, behaviour, carriage, or demeanour → 1605 obs.
► GARBEL n. a brawl, an uproar, din, noise → 1936 Sc. obs.
vb. to make a brawling, scolding noise → 1825 Sc. obs.
► GAR-BELIEVE vb. to make believe; to pretend → 1916 Sc.
► GARBIDGE n. 1. garbage, refuse; filth → 1583
n. 2. worthless or foul literary matter → 1592
vb. to disembowel; to remove the offal from; to gut fish → 1542 obs.
► GARBISH n. 1. the offal of an animal used for food; esp. the entrails → 1430
n. 2. garbage, refuse; filth → 1583
vb. to disembowel; to remove the offal from; to gut fish → 1542 obs.
► GARBIST n. one who is skilled in polite behaviour; an expert in good manners → 1640 obs.
► GARBLE n. 1. refuse of spices; extraneous matter → 1502 obs.
n. 2. a mixture or assortment of merchandise → 1618 obs.
n. 3. confused or jumbled speech → 1795 
vb. 1. to select or sort out the best in anything or set of things; to take the pick of → 1483
vb. 2. to remove the garble or refuse from spice, etc.; to sift, to cleanse of; also, to sift out → 1599 obs.
vb. 3. to ‘sift’ or ‘weed’ an army, corporation, etc., so as to exclude unfit or uncompliant members; to separate the valuable from the worthless → 1650 obs.
vb. 4. to knit loosely or carelessly → 1924 Sc.
► GARBLER n. 1. a censor of the press, one who keeps from publication → 1656 obs.
n. 2. one who garbles or mutilates literary works, statements. etc., one who perverts → 1693
► GARBLESS adj. without clothing → 1838
► GARBLING n. 1. the act or process of picking or selecting spices, etc., or of removing the refuse or the inferior specimens from merchandise, etc. → 1483 obs.
n. 2. the act or process of ‘sifting’ a corporation, etc., so as to exclude unfit or uncompliant members; separating the valuable from the worthless → 1661 obs.
► GARBLINGS n. the refuse or remainder of a staple commodity after selection of the best → 1881
► GARB-MASTER n. one who professes the art of polite behaviour → 1599 obs.
► GARBO n. 1. a rubbish collector → 1953 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a rubbish bin → 1987 Aust. sl.
► GARBOIL n. confusion, disturbance, disorder, tumult, uproar; a brawl, hubbub, commotion; a disorderly or tumultuous event → 1543
vb. 1. to garble something; to distort a text, idea, etc. → 1555 obs.
vb. 2. to cause to be in state of turmoil or discord; to confuse, agitate, or disturb someone or something → 1572 obs.
vb. 3. to make a brawling, scolding noise → 1825 Sc.
► GARBOLOGIST n. a rubbish collector → 1973 Aust. sl.
► GARBOON n. a cuspidor, a spittoon → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GARCION n. a serving-man, a groom; esp. a young man or boy servant → 1300 obs.
► GARÇON n. a boy, serving-man, waiter; in English use, chiefly a waiter in a French hotel or restaurant → 1839
► GARD int. an exclamation of disgust on perceiving a bad smell → 1935 Sc.
n. attention, watchfulness; also, the object of one’s attention → 1569 obs.
► GARDANTLY adv. attentively → 1574 obs.
► GARDE LOO! int. a warning cry uttered before throwing dirty water from the window into the street → 1771
► GARDEN n. 1. the female genitals; where one sows ‘seed’ → 16C euphemism
n. 2. the penis → 17C
n. 3. a railway yard → 1946 US sl.
n. 4. a woman’s pubic hair → 1982 US sl.
n. 5. an aunt → 1992 UK rhyming sl. (Garden Plant)
► GARDENAGE n. 1. the practice or employment of cultivating a garden; horticulture → 1601 obs.
n. 2. the produce of a garden → 1733 obs.
► GARDENA MIRACLE n. in poker: a good hand drawn after a poor dealt hand → 1982 US sl.
► GARDEN-ENGINE n. the penis → 19C Brit. sl.
► GARDENER n. 1. the penis → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a bookmaker who extends his prices beyond his competitors → 1989 Aust. sl.
n. 3. in pool: a betting player who wins → 1990 US sl.
► GARDENERESS n. a female gardener; a gardener’s wife → 1647
► GARDENERSHIP n. the art and practice of gardening → 1711 obs.
► GARDENERY n. the office or department of a gardener → 1892
► GARDENESQUE adj. partaking of the character of a garden; somewhat resembling a garden or what belongs to a garden → 1838 
► GARDEN GATE n. 1. the labia minora, the small inner folds of the vulva → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a magistrate → 1859 UK rhyming sl.
n. 3. the pansy → 1900 Eng. dial.; also in plural  (Bk.)
n. 4. eight pounds → 1992 UK sl.
vb. to perform oral sex on a woman → 2002 UK rhyming sl. for ‘plate’
► GARDEN-GINGER n. cayenne pepper → 1597
► GARDEN GNOME n. a comb → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► GARDEN-GOUT n. venereal disease contracted in a Covent Garden brothel → E18 Brit. sl.
► GARDEN-HEDGE n. the female pubic hair → 19C Brit. sl.
► GARDENHOOD n. garden-like character → 1769
► GARDEN-HOUSE n. 1. a dwelling-house situated in a garden; a suburban residence → 1607
n. 2. a house kept for immoral purposes; a brothel → 1607 obs.
n. 3. a privy → 1886 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► GARDENIA! int. a curse, ‘God deen (damn) you!’ → 18C euphemism
► GARDENIST n. a garden designer → 1762
► GARDENIZE vb. to act as a gardener; to render like a garden → 1830
► GARDENLY adj. appropriate to a garden → 1819
► GARDEN OF EDEN n. the female genitals → 19C Brit. sl.
► GARDEN PLANT n. an aunt → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► GARDEN-POT n. a watering-pot → 1580 obs.
► GARDEN PUNK n. a male homosexual → 1982 Bahamas sl.
► GARDEN SALAD n. lettuce → 1741 Amer. dial.
► GARDEN-SASS n. vegetables for the table, grown in the garden → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GARDEN-SIN n. a weed → 1664 obs.
► GARDEN-SMITH n. a gardener; a person who has a small allotment of land which he cultivates as a garden → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GARDEN-SPERAGE n. asparagus → 1601 obs.
► GARDEN-STEAD n. a plot of land used as a garden → 1609 obs.
► GARDEN-STUFF n. plants grown in a garden; vegetables for the table → 1687
► GARDEN-THINGS n. produce of a garden → 1772 obs.
► GARDEN TOOL n. a promiscuous girl or woman → 1990 US sl.
► GARDEN VIOLET n. an onion → L19 sl.
► GARDEN-WARE n. produce of a garden → 1707 obs.
► GARDEROBE n. 1. properly, a locked-up chamber in which articles of dress, stores, etc. are kept, a storeroom, wardrobe; hence, a private room, a bed-chamber → 1450 Hist.
n. 2.a privy built within a large residence or a castle; some which were built in castles extended outward from the castle walls and opened from great heights into a moat below → 1680
► GARDEVIANCE n. 1. ventilated cupboard for meat → 1459 obs.
n. 2. a chest for holding valuables → 1460 obs.
n. 3. a travelling trunk → 1463 obs.
► GARDEVIN n. a big-bellied wine bottle → 1805 Sc.
► GARDEVINE n. a wine bottle; a square bottle, generally holding two quarts → 1763 Sc. obs.
► GARDIE n. 1. an arm → 1513 Sc. obs.
n. 2. a large undulating wave or billow → 1898 Sc.
► GARDIES n. the hands, esp. when put up in a posture to fight → 1773 Sc.
► GARD-ROB n. a wardrobe → 1827 Sc. obs.
► GARDUX! int. an exclamation of disgust → 1928 Sc.
► GARDY n. an arm → 1513 Sc. obs.
► GARDY-CHAIR n. an armchair → 1755 Sc. obs.
► GARDYLOO! int. 1. a warning cry uttered before throwing dirty water from the window into the street → 1771
int. 2. a maid’s cry warning persons in the street that the contents of chamber pots were being dumped out of a window → 18C Brit.
► GARDYMANG n. a larder; a meat-safe → 18C Sc. obs.
► GARDY-PICK! int. an expression of great disgust → 1824 Sc. obs.
► GARDYVEEN n. a big-bellied wine bottle → 1805 Sc.
► GARE adj. 1. ready; sharp, keen → 1513 obs.
adj. 2. eager, covetous, desirous of wealth; miserly → 1719 Sc.
adj. 3. greedy, covetous, rapacious, intent on gain → 1721 Sc.
int. a cry of warning; look out! beware; also, take care → 1653
n. 1. a spear or javelin → 1000 obs.
n. 2. a sudden and transient fit of passion → 1606 obs.
vb. to stare, to look surprised → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GARE-BRAINED adj. very heedless, crazy, harebrained → 1674 Eng. dial. obs.
► GARETH GATE vb. to masturbate → 2003 UK rhyming sl.
► GARETH HUNT n. an unpleasant or despicable person → 2003 UK rhyming sl. for ‘cunt’
► GAREY n. loud, confused talking; a babble, a jabbering → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to talk loudly, to babble; to talk at the same time as another → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GARF vb. to eat → 1967 US high school sl. (Bk.)
► GARFANGLE n. a fish spear → 1440 obs.
► GARFITS n. entrails, garbage; the edible portions from the inside of a fowl, etc. → 1788 Eng. dial.
► GARGALIZE vb. to gargle → 1605 obs.
► GARGANTUA n. a giant → 1571 obs.
► GARGANTUAN adj. enormous, monstrous → 1596 obs.
► GARGARISE n. a gargle for the throat → 1533 obs.
► GARGARISM n. a gargle for the throat → 1398 obs.
► GARGARIZE vb. to gargle; to wash or rinse the mouth with any medicated liquor → 1533 obs.
► GARGET n. 1. the throat → 1300 obs.
n. 2. a distemper, plague → 1615
► GARGIE adj. bitter → 1916 Sc.
► GARGIL n. the gullet → 1558 obs.
► GARGILON n. the gullet or oesophagus of a deer → 1320 obs.
► GARGLE n. 1. the gullet → 1558 obs.
n. 2. alcohol; a drink of alcohol → 1889 sl.
vb. 1. to read a book superficially, without digesting its contents → 1658 obs.
vb. 2. to drink, to ‘liquor up’ → 1889 sl.
► GARGLE-FACTORY n. a public-house, tavern, etc. → 1913 sl.
► GARGLER n. a drunkard; a drinker → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GARGOYLE n. a person of unpleasant appearance → 1864
► GARGRUGOUS adj. austere, both in aspect and manners; terrifying, awe-inspiring; ugly → 1825 Sc.
► GARISH adj. 1. wanting in self-restraint; flighty → 1650 obs.
adj. 2. very heedless → 1674 Eng. dial.
n. one who looks frightened → 1691 Eng. dial. obs.
► GARISHLY adv. 1. proudly, wantonly → 1593 obs.
adv. 2. with lack of self-restraint; flightily → 1606 obs.
► GARISHNESS n. want of self-restraint; flightiness → 1649 obs.
► GARK n. a scratch → 1998 NZ sl.
► GARLACH n. 1. a little rascal; an impish youngster; a spoiled child → 1930 Sc.
n. 2. a dwarf → 1936 Sc.
► GARLAND n. 1. a royal crown or diadem → 1330 obs.
n. 2. Christ’s crown of thorns → 1377 obs.
n. 3. the principal ornament, the thing most prized, the choice → 1591 obs.
n. 4. a collection of short literary pieces, usually poems and ballads; an anthology, a miscellany → 1612
► GARLE n. a band or streak → 1677 obs.
vb. to spot, to streak → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GARLED adj. spotted, speckled, checked; chiefly used of cattle → 1501 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GARLEY-GUT n. a gluttonous person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GARLIC n. a term of contempt for a Spaniard → 1898 US Army sl.
► GARLIC DESTROYER n. a French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian person → 1915 US sl., derogatory
► GARLIC-EATER n. a French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian person → 1865 US sl., derogatory
► GARLICK-EATER n. a stinking fellow → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GARLIC-MOUTH n. a French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian person → 1957 US sl., derogatory
► GARLO n. a police officer → 2000 UK gypsy usage
► GARM n. a scolding person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to scold, to vociferate loudly; to prate, to speak in an impudent, harsh voice; to swear → 1895 Eng. dial.
► GARMENTURE n. clothing, array, attire → 1832
► GAR-ME-TRUE n. a hypocrite, a pretender; a philanderer; one who makes believe → 1929 Sc.
► GARMUNSHACH ► GARMUNSHOCH adj. cross, crabbed, ill-humoured → 1825 Sc. obs.
► GARN int. go on! I don’t believe it! → 1886 Cockney sl.
n. a garden → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GARNET n. the pomegranate → 1400 obs.
► GARNET-APPLE n. the pomegranate → 1410 obs.
► GARNEY n. the fins, sounds, and tongues of the cod-fish → 1867
► GARNISH n. 1. a set of vessels for table use, esp. of pewter → 1418 obs.
n. 2. trimming for articles of dress; some particular material used for this purpose → 1527 obs.
n. 3. money extorted from a new prisoner, either as a jailer’s fee, or as drink-money for the other prisoners → 1592 sl. obs.
n. 4. outfit, dress → 1596 obs.
n. 5. fetters → 1755 prison sl.
vb. 1. to equip or arm oneself → 1400 obs.
vb. 2. to furnish a place with means of defense; to garrison; to supply with men, arms, and provisions → 1400 obs.
vb. 3. to dress, to clothe, esp. in an elegant fashion → 1529 obs.
vb. 4. of trees: to cover a wall, etc. → 1693 obs.
vb. 5. to fit with fetters → 1755 sl.
vb. 6. to polish, to make bright → 1883 Eng. dial.
► GARNISHED adj. prepared for defense → 1440 obs.
► GARNISHRY n. adornment, decoration → 1835
► GARNISON n. 1. a body of men stationed in a fortress or other place for purposes of defense → 1386 obs.
n. 2. defense; means of defense → 1386 obs.
n. 3. stores of victual for an army, a besieged place, etc. → 1481 obs.
vb. to garrison a place → 1583 obs.
► GARN IT! int. an oath → 20C US colloq.
► GARNITURE n. 1. furniture, outfit, appurtenances → 1532
n. 2. ornament, trimming, etc. added to dress → 1667
n. 3. natural objects, as trees, etc., as ornaments of the landscape → 1684
n. 4. ornament, embellishment generally → 1685
n. 5. apparel, costume, dress → 1827
► GAROTTE n. 1. the Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation; the apparatus for inflicting this → 1622
n. 2. highway robbery performed by throttling the victim → 1852
vb. 1. to execute by means of the garrotte → 1851
vb. 2. to throttle a person in order to rob him → 1858
vb. 3. to strangle → 1878
► GAROTTING n. 1. the practice of throttling a person for the purpose of robbing him → 1858
n. 2. execution by means of the Spanish garrotte → 1890
► GARP n. 1. nonsense → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. anything bad or distasteful → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 3. insignificant things → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GARPAL n. a big, stout person → 1929 Sc.
► GARR n. 1. mud; the oozy vegetable substance in the bed of a river or pond → 1825 Sc.
n. 2. the hardened matter discharged by the eyes during sleep → 1825 Sc.
n. 3. anger → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GARRACK  ► GARRICK adj. awkward, clumsy, stupid → 1778 Eng. dial.
n. an awkward person → 1811 Eng. dial.
► GARRAIVERY n. folly, rioting of a frolicsome kind, revelling; a loud uproar → 1882 Sc.
► GARRAY n. commotion, disturbance, noise, row → 1460 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
► GARRE vb. to growl, to snarl; to chatter, to chide; to chirp, to twitter → 1382 obs.
► GARRET n. 1. the head → 1796 sl.
n. 2. the fob-pocket → 1812 sl.
n. 3. the barrel of a gun → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GARRETEER n. one who lives in a garret, esp. an impecunious author or literary hack → 1720
► GARRIE adj. sticky, clammy → 1929 Sc.
int. an exclamation used on seeing anything disgusting → 1916 Sc.
► GARRISON n. 1. store, treasure; donation, gift → 1297 obs.
n. 2. defense, protection; deliverance, safety; means of defense → 1320 obs.
n. 3. a fortress or stronghold → 1430 obs.
n. 4. a body of persons → 1500 obs.
► GARRISON-HACK n. a woman who flirts indiscriminately with the officers of a garrison → 1876 sl.
► GARRISONIAN n. one who lives in a fort or garrison-town → 1773 obs.
► GARRISONIZE vb. to furnish with a garrison → 1657 obs.
► GARRIT n. a carrot → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GARRITOUR n. one who occupies a ‘garret’ or watch-tower; a watchman on a tower or wall → 1501 Sc. obs.
► GARRON n. 1. a small, sturdy type of horse, mostly used for rough hill work; a Highland pony → 1730 Sc.
n. 2. a strong, thickset or stoutly-built man or boy → 1808 Sc.
n. 3. a man without mettle, a coward → 1840 Sc.
n. 4. a thickset animal; anything short and thick or good and strong of its kind → 1866 Sc.
n. 5. an old stiff or worn-out horse, one without mettle → 1876 Sc.
n. 6. a rather loutish fellow → 1954 Sc.
► GARRON MORE n. a big horse → 1848 Eng. dial.
► GARROTTE n. 1. the Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation; the apparatus for inflicting this → 1622
n. 2. highway robbery performed by throttling the victim → 1852
vb. 1. to execute by means of the garrotte → 1851
vb. 2. to throttle a person in order to rob him → 1858
vb. 3. to strangle → 1878
► GARROTTING n. 1. the practice of throttling a person for the purpose of robbing him → 1858
n. 2. execution by means of the Spanish garrotte → 1890
► GARRULANCE n. talkativeness, loquacity → 1890
► GARRULATE vb. to say or speak with garrulity; to talk nonstop; to utter in a chattering manner → 1656 obs.
► GARRULING n. the act of chattering or talking volubly → 1549 obs.
► GARRULITY n. loquaciousness, talkativeness → 1581
► GARRULOSE adj. given to much talking; fond of indulging in talk or chatter; loquacious, talkative, always prating → 1727 obs.
► GARRULOUS adj. 1. of speech or talk: full of long rambling statements, wordy → 1839 
adj. 2. of birds or inanimate things: chattering or babbling → 1854
► GARRY-CLATCH n. any slimy or sticky mixture, as slimy mud → 1954 Sc.
► GARRY-HO n. loose, improper language → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GARSE n. a cut, incision, gash → 1225 obs.
vb. to force, to compel → 1892 Sc.
► GARSH n. a cut, a gash → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to cut deeply, to gash → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GARSIL  n. 1. underwood, brushwood → 1788 Eng. dial.
n. 2. rubbish → 1788 Eng. dial.
► GARSON n. a serving-man, a groom; esp. a young man or boy servant → 1300 obs.
► GARSTON n. a grassy enclosure; a paddock or field → 1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GARTER vb. 1. to bandage tightly → 1577 obs.
vb. 2. to fetter → 1604
► GARTERS n. fetters, irons → 1769 nautical sl.
► GARTH n. 1. a fence or hedge → 1340 obs.
n. 2. a small piece of enclosed ground, usually beside a house or other building, used as a yard, garden, or paddock → 1340
vb. to enclose with a fence → 1483 obs.
► GARTH-SPADE n. a garden spade → 1573 obs.
► GARWHONNGLE n. a noisy argument; the clash of tongues → 1825 Sc.
► GARY adj. vehement, furious → 1609 obs.
► GARZIL n. underwood, brushwood → 1788 Eng. dial.