Dictionary: GB – GEM

• G.B.
n. 1. M20 US drug culture sl. – a mixture of amphetamines and barbiturates
n. 2. M20 US drug culture sl. – a mixture of cocaine and heroin
n. 3. M20 US drug culture sl. – barbiturates
 
• G.D.!
int. 20C US colloq. – goddamn!
 
• G’DAY
n. 1928 Aust. – hello  
 
• GEACH
n. 1821 sl. – a thief  
vb. 1821 sl. – to steal
 
• GEAL
vb. 1. c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to stiffen as with cold, to congeal 
vb. 2. a1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – to tingle with intense pain; also, to ache or tingle with cold 
 
• GEAR
adj. 1951 sl., orig. & chiefly Brit. – excellent  
n. 1. c1205 obs. exc. arch. – armour, arms, warlike accoutrements 
n. 2. 1415 obs. exc. arch. – discourse, doctrine, talk; also, in depreciatory sense, ‘stuff’, nonsense  
n. 3. c1460 arch. & Eng. dial. – doings, ‘goings on’, events  
n. 4. 1489 obs. – rubbish
n. 5. 1535 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs. – possessions in general, wealth, money
n. 6. 1545 obs. – a matter, affair, business
n. 7. 1562 obs. – corrupt and foul matter; pus  
n. 8. 1675 – the genitals  
n. 9. 20C rhyming sl. for ‘queer’ – a homosexual male
vb. 1. c1250 obs. – to adorn; to array; to dress
vb. 2. a1300 arch. – to equip 
vb. 3. 19C Brit. sl. – to coit a woman
 
• GEAR BANGER
n. 1971 US sl. – a poor driver, esp. one who crashes the gears  
 
• GEAR BONGER
n. 1971 US sl. – a poor driver, esp. one who crashes the gears  
 
• GEAR-BOX
n. 1972 UK sl. –  the vagina  
 
• GEAR DOWN
vb. 1965 Barbados sl. – to dress up  
 
• GEARED
adj. 1. c1470 obs. – equipped; armed 
adj. 2. 1935 US sl. – available for homosexual relations  
 
• GEARED UP
adj. 1979 UK sl. – dressed up; also used of motorcyclists in full protective wear  
 
• GEAR HEAD
n. 1992 US sl. – in mountain biking: a bicycle mechanic  
 
• GEAR JAMMER
n. 1929 US sl. – a truck driver who has a difficult time shifting gears, esp. one who is constantly clashing the gears as he shifts  
 
• GEAR-LEVER
n. 1973 UK sl. – the penis  
 
• GEARS
n. 1. c1200 obs. rare – habits, manners 
n. 2. a1400-50 obs. – toys
n. 3. 1952 US sl. – the testicles  
 
• GEASON
adj. 1. a1000 obs. – producing scantily; barren, unproductive; exhausted
adj. 2. 1377 obs. – scantily produced; rare, scarce, uncommon
adj. 3. 1572 obs. – extraordinary, amazing
n. 1509 obs. rare – rarity, scarcity
 
• GEAVE
vb. 1822 Sc. – to move about in a clumsy, purposeless or restless fashion  
 
• GEBBIE
n. 1. 1773 Sc. – the mouth, palate  
n. 2. a1774 Sc. – the human stomach 
 
• GEBBY
adj. 1742 Sc. & Eng. dial. – chattering, loquacious, talkative  
 
• GECK
n. 1. 1500-20 chiefly Sc. – a gesture of derision; an expression of scorn or contempt  
n. 2. 1515 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a fool, a simpleton; one who is befooled or derided, a dupe  
vb. 1. 1583 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – to mock, to deceive, to cheat  
vb. 2. 1724 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to toss the head, as in scorn; to look proudly  
 
• GECK AT
vb. 1603 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – to scoff at; to use mocking language or gestures towards  
 
• GECK UP THE HEAD
vb. 1728 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to toss the head, as in scorn; to look proudly  
 
• GEDANKEN
adj. 1983 US sl. – in computing: impractical or poorly designed  
 
• GEDDERY
n. 1825 Sc. – an accumulation, a miscellaneous collection  
 
• GEDUNK
n. 1. 1927 US Navy sl. – ice-cream, sweets, potato crisps and other junk food; the ship store where junk food can be bought  
n. 2. 1956 US sl. – a place where sweets and snacks are sold  
 
• GEE
int. 1895 chiefly US – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment  
n. 1. a1605 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – a fit of bad temper or sullenness 
n. 2. 1887 colloq., orig. a child’s word – a horse  
n. 3. 1898 sl. – a swindler’s accomplice planted in a crowd; e.g. to start bidding  
n. 4. 1920s sl., orig. US – a thousand (usually dollars or pounds)  
n. 5. 1920s US tramps’ sl. – a gallon of liquor  
n. 6. 1921 US sl. – a male person; a fellow
n. 7. 1936 sl., orig. US – opium  
n. 8. Bk1942 Amer. turf sl. – a racehorse  
n. 9. 1950s US drug culture sl. – a grain, usually of morphine 
n. 10. 1990s drug culture sl. – a gram, orig. of heroin or cocaine, and latterly also of cannabis  
n. 11. 2000s US drug culture sl. – gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB)  
vb. 1. a1700 sl. – to fit, to suit, etc.; used in negative phrases 
vb. 2. 1719 sl. – to behave as is desired; to agree, to get on well together  
 
• GEECH
n. M20 US sl. – an unattractive person  
vb. L19 Amer. dial. – to copulate with a woman; to masturbate a woman  
 
• GEED
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – bewildered; confused; muddled  
 
• GEE-DEE!
int. 20C US colloq. – Goddamned!  
 
• GEED-UP
adj. 1. 1938 sl. – in a drugged state  
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – bewildered; confused; muddled  
adj. 3. M20 US sl. – drunk  
 
• GEE-GAW
n. Bk1942 Amer. turf sl. – a racehorse  
 
• GEEGEE
n. 1941 sl. – a racehorse; often used in the plural, and somewhat euphemistically in the context of betting  
 
• GEE-HO!
int. 1668 – a call to urge on a horse  
 
• GEE-HOLLIKENS!
int. 19C – an exclamation and oath  
 
• GEEHOSOFAT!
int. 1866 Amer. dial. – an exclamation or mild oath  
 
• GEE JUMPING JEHOSAPHAT!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – an exclamation or mild oath  
 
• GEEK
n. 1. 1515 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a fool, a simpleton; one who is befooled or derided, a dupe  
n. 2. 1876 sl., orig. Brit. – an ineffectual or incompetent person 
n. 3. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a person lacking animation
n. 4. 1919 Aust. sl. – a look, a glance
n. 5. E20 US sl. – a disliked person  
n. 6. E20 US sl. – a drunkard  
n. 7. E20 US sl. – a sexual degenerate or a homosexual male  
 
• GEEKUS CROW!
int. 20C US colloq. – “Jesus Christ!”
 
• GEE-MAN
n. 1898 sl. – a swindler’s accomplice planted in a crowd; e.g. to start bidding

• GEE-MINY!
int. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – an exclamation  
 
• GEE-O!
int. 1668 – a call to urge on a horse  
 
• GEER
n. 1565 obs. – a vulture
 
• GEESER
n. 1885 sl. – a male person; a fellow; orig. an old man
 
• GEE STICK
n. 20C US sl. – an opium pipe  
 
• GEE-UP!
int. 1733 – a call to urge on a horse  
 
• GEE-WHILLICATS!
int. 19C – an exclamation and oath  
 
• GEE-WHILLIGINS!
int. 19C – an exclamation and oath
 
• GEEWHILLIKENS!
int. 1851 orig. & chiefly US – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment  
 
• GEE-WHILLIKERS!
int. 19C – an exclamation and oath  
 
• GEEWHILLIKINS!
int. 1851 orig. & chiefly US – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment  
 
• GEE-WHISKERS!
int. 19C – an exclamation and oath  
 
• GEEWHITTAKERS!
int. 1851 orig. & chiefly US – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment  
 
• GEE WHITZ!
int. 1876 orig. US – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment  
 
• GEE WHIZ!
int. 1876 orig. US – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
 
• GEE-WHIZZARD!
int. 19C – an exclamation and oath  
 
• GEE-WHIZZING COLD
adj. 1879 Amer. dial. – extremely cold  
 
• GEE-WHOLLIKER!
int. 19C – an exclamation and oath  
 
• GEEWILIKINS ZIGGETY!
int. 1888 Amer. dial. – an exclamation of joy or surprise  
 
• GEE WIZ!
int. 1876 orig. US – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment  
 
• GEEZ!
int. 1920s euphemism, orig. US – a mild exclamation; Jesus!  
 
• GEEZE!
int. 1923 orig. US – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment  
 
• GEEZED
adj. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – bewildered; confused; muddled  
adj. 2. E20 US sl. – intoxicated with alcohol  
adj. 3. E20 US sl. – drug intoxicated
 
• GEEZED-UP
adj. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – bewildered; confused; muddled  
adj. 2. E20 US sl. – drunk  
adj. 3. E20 US sl. – drug intoxicated
 
• GEEZER
n. 1. 1885 colloq. – a male person; a fellow; orig. an old man
n. 2. L19 colloq. – a stingy or peculiar man; a strange old fellow
n. 3. E20 US sl. – a drink of alcohol; strong alcoholic drink  
n. 4. E20 US sl. – a shot of narcotics
 
• GEFUFFLE
n. 1813 Sc. – a disturbance or disorder of any kind  
 
• GEG
n. 1825 Sc. – a cut or crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound  
vb. 1825 Sc. obs.- to crack, inconsequence of heat or drought 
 
• GEGG
n. 1855 Sc. – a trick, a hoax, a practical joke  
vb. 1826 Sc. – to hoax, to play a trick on  
 
• GEGGE
n. a1300 obs. – a term of contempt applied both to man and woman; an inferior person
 
• GEGGER
n. 1825 Sc. – the under-lip  
 
• GEHENNA
n. 1. 1594 – a place of torture; a prison  
n. 2. 1623 – the place of future torment; hell  
 
• GEHENNE
n. 1. 1481 obs. rare – a place of torment; hell
n. 2. 1646 obs. rare – judicial torture
 
• GEIER
n. 1565 obs. – a vulture
 
• GEIG
vb. 1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – to creak, to make a creaking noise  
 
• GEILL
n. c1450 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – jelly 
 
• GEIR
n. 1565 obs. – a vulture
 
• GEKE
n. 1. 1515 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a fool, a simpleton; one who is befooled or derided, a dupe  
n. 2. E20 US sl. – a disliked person  
n. 3. E20 US sl. – a drunkard  
n. 4. E20 US sl. – a sexual degenerate or a homosexual male
 
• GEL
vb. 20C teen & high school sl. – to relax  
 
• GELABLE
adj. 1727 rare – capable of being frozen or congealed; capable of being converted into jelly
 
► GELASIN n. a dimple in the cheek, produced by smiling → 1608 obs.
 
• GELASTIC
adj. 1704 – causing or related to laughter, risible
 
• GELATANEOUS
adj. 1763 – of the nature of jelly → obs.
 
• GELATION
n. 1854 – solidification by cold, freezing  
 
• GELD
adj. 1. 1310 – profitless, yielding no satisfaction, unsatisfying; also, destitute of → obs.
adj. 2. 1325 – sexually impotent → obs.
vb. 1. ..14C – to castrate a male animal; to spay a female animal; now primarily to castrate  
vb. 2. 1508 – to impair the strength or force of; to weaken, to enfeeble → obs.
vb. 3. 1579 – to mutilate a book, a quotation, etc. by excising certain portions, esp. objectionable or obscene passages; to expurgate → obs.
vb. 4. 1637 – to garble; to remove the best part from → obs.
 
• GELDED-MAN
n. 1387 – a eunuch → obs.
 
• GELDING
n. 1382 – a gelded person, a eunuch → obs.
 
• GELE
n. 1200 – blandishment, enticing speech → obs.
vb. ..900 – to delay, to retard; to tarry, to linger → obs.
 
• GELICIDE
n. 1656 – a frost → obs.
 
• GELID
adj. 1. 1606 – extremely cold, cold as ice, icy, frosty  
adj. 2. 1755 – of water: refreshingly cold  
 
• GELIDITY
n. 1656 – extreme cold, frostiness, frigidity  
 
• GELIDNESS
n. 1727 – coldness, frozenness  
 
• GELINE
n. 1430 – in cookery: a hen → obs.
 
• GELL
vb. 1600 – to tingle with intense pain; also, to ache or tingle with cold → Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – 
 
• GELLIE
n. 1827 – a roar or cry expressive of displeasure → Sc.
vb. 1900 – to roar, to brawl, to scold → Sc. (Bk.)
 
• GELLY
adj. 1560 – worthy, pompous, well-conditioned → Sc.
n. 1941 – gelignite → sl.
 
• GELOSCOPY
n. 1730 – divination performed by observing the manner of laughing → obs.
 
• GELOTOMETER
n. 1828 – a gauge for measuring laughter  
 
• GELOTOSCOPY
n. 1697 – divination performed by observing the manner of laughing → obs.
 
• GELT
n. 1. 1529 – money → sl.
n. 2. 1596 – a lunatic
 
• GELTER
n. 1903 – money → sl. (Bk.)
 
• GEM
n. 1. 1275 – an excellent person 
n. 2. 1382 – a bud, esp. a leaf-bud → obs.
n. 3. 1560 – an object of rare beauty or priceless worth; the choicest part of anything; something greatly prized, a ‘treasure’ 
n. 4. 1700 – a gold ring → sl. obs.
vb. 1150 – to put forth buds; to bud; to put forth a blossom or a fruit → obs.
 
• GEMEL
adj. 1497 – twin → obs.
n. 1536 – a hinge  
 
• GEMELLED
adj. 1883 – double  
 
• GEMELLES
n. 1382 – twins; said also of things associated in pairs → obs.
 
• GEMELLIPAROUS
adj. 1727 – producing twins → obs.
 
• GEMELS
n. 1382 – twins; said also of things associated in pairs → obs.
 
• GEMENT
adj. 1656 – groaning, lamenting → obs.
 
• GEMEW
adj. 1523 – of a door: double; of lines: parallel → obs.
n. 1396 – a hinge → obs.
 
• GEMEWS
n. 1382 – twins → obs.
 
• GEMINATE
adj. 1598 – duplicated, combined in pairs, twin  
vb. 1637 – to double  
 
• GEMINATED
adj. 1802 – doubled, occurring in pairs  
 
• GEMINATION
n. 1597 – a doubling, duplication, repetition  
 
• GEMINI
int. 1666 – a mild form of oath or exclamation  
n. 1598 – a couple, a pair → obs.
 
• GEMINIS
n. 1633 – a pair of eyes → obs.
 
• GEMINOUS
adj. 1646 – double; occurring in pairs
 
• GEMMAN
n. 1550 – a vulgar pronunciation of ‘gentleman’ 
 
• GEMMARY
adj. 1382 – concerned with or skilled in gems → obs.
n. 1382 – an engraver of gems; a jeweller → obs.
 
• GEMMED
adj. 1420 – covered with buds → obs.
 
• GEMMEL
n. 1536 – a hinge  
 
• GEMMELS
n. 1382 – twins; said also of things associated in pairs → obs.
 
• GEMMENIE!
int. 17C – Jesus! → colloq.
 
• GEMMEOUS
adj. 1605 – pert. to a gem  
 
• GEMMERY
n. 1. 1656 – a jewel-house → obs.
n. 2. 1840 – gems as an object of connoisseurship
 
• GEMMIE
n. 1866 – a familiar name for a gamekeeper → Sc.
 
• GEMMIFEROUS
adj. 1656 – producing gems  
 
• GEMMOLOGY
n. 1811 – the science of gems  
 
• GEMMOSITY
n. 1. 1656 – the quality of being a jewel; an abundance of precious stones → obs.
n. 2. 1775 – an exuberance of buds → obs.
 
• GEMMY
adj. 1. 1580 – gem-like; brilliant; glittering  
adj. 2. 1750 – spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous → obs. exc. Eng. dial.

• GEM OF THE MOUNTAINS
n. 1942 – Idaho → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• GEMONY!
int. 1664 – a mild form of oath or exclamation  
 
• GEMOW
adj. 1523 – of a door: double; of lines: parallel → obs.
n. 1396 – a hinge → obs.
 
• GEMOWS
n. 1382 – twins → obs.
 
• GEM STATE
n. 1942 – Idaho → Amer. sl. (Bk.)