Reverse Dictionary: GENIU – GG

GENIUS – nouns
– ENGINE intellect, genius, mental capacity; disposition, character …1631 Sc.
genius – person 
– BEAUX ESPRITS men of wit or genius …1638
– BEL-ESPRIT a clever genius; a brilliant wit …1638
– GENIE † a person having great natural ability or exceptional intellectual power; a genius …1676
– GENIO † an exceptionally talented or intelligent person; a genius; a person of superior intellect …1684
– GENIUS an exceptionally intelligent or talented person, or one with exceptional skill in a particular area of art, science; etc.; a person endowed with genius …1711
– GENIUSESS * a female genius …1772 
– INGINE † an ingenious person, a genius; a person of ability …1824 Sc.
– NIT a notable person, a genius …1865 Sc. 
 
GENOA – person
– WHITE MOORS (derogatory) a nickname for the Genoese …1617
 
GENTEEL – adjectives
– FARRANTLY of a person: genteel, respectable …1790 N. Eng. dial.
– JAUNTY † of persons, their manners, etc.: well-bred; gentlemanly; genteel …1674
genteel – person
– GENTEEL † a genteel person; a gentleman …1675
– GENTIL † a genteel person; a gentleman …1675 
 
GENTILITY – adjectives
– HALF-HUNG-TEE of persons aping their betters: pretentious, affecting gentility …1929 Sc.
gentility – nouns 
– LADYNESS gentility, ladylikeness …1823 Sc.
– NICE-NELLYISM prudishness, excessive gentility, puritanical behaviour or attitudes …1930s US sl.
gentility – person 
– HALF-NIBS one who apes gentility …Bk1902 sl.
– LA-DI-DA one who affects gentility …c1883 sl.
 
GENTLE – adjectives
– BENIGN † gentle, meek, humble …1377
– CADISH tame, gentle …1788 Eng. dial.
– CANDID † gentle, courteous, kindly; not desirous to find faults …1633
– DAFT † mild, gentle, meek, humble …c1000
– DEBONAIR † of gentle disposition, mild, meek; gracious, kindly; courteous, affable …a1225
– EASING-DOWN gentle …1979 Amer. dial.
– EATH † of a person: easy to be entreated, gentle; also, ready, susceptible …c1250
– EDMOD † gentle, humble, meek …c1000
– EDMODI † gentle, humble, meek …a1225
– EFFEMINATE † gentle, tender, compassionate …1594
– EITH † of a person: easy to be entreated, gentle; also, ready, susceptible …c1250
– FAVONIAN pert. to the west wind;  hence, favourable, gentle, propitious …1656
– GENTILITATE †* having gentle, refined, or polished manners, well-mannered …1632
– HAND-TAME † tame and submissive to handling; mild, gentle …a1300
– HYNDE † courteous, polite, gentle …c1400
– JANTIL † gentle …c1400
– LADIED †* lady-like; soft, gentle …1628
– LENITIVE † of persons, their dispositions, etc.: displaying lenience, gentle, lenient …1620
– MANSUETE † gentle, mild; tame, not wild or fierce …c1374 obs. or arch.
– MEEK AS A MOUSE extremely gentle and harmless …Bk1995 US sl.
– MEETH modest, mild, gentle …Bk1905 Sc.
– MEEVERLY mild; of a gentle or modest disposition; shy, bashful; sparing in eating and drinking …1819 Eng. dial.
– MELCH-HEARTED gentle, diffident, timid, poor-spirited …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– METHEFUL † restrained, moderate; gentle, mild …c1000 obs.
– MEVERLY shy, bashful; of a gentle or quiet disposition; affectedly sparing in drinking or eating …B1900 Eng. dial.
– MOME gentle; quiet; demure, diffident; thoughtful; smooth-spoken …1864 Eng. dial.
– NATURAL affable, familiar, gentle; guileless …1894 Sc.
– NESH † tender, mild, gentle, kind; inclined to pity, mercy, or other tender feelings …c897
– PLACIDIOUS †* gentle, placid …1607
– QUIET gentle, civil, not given to strong language …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SPACK †* gentle; quiet; tame …ME
– TENDERSOME tender, gentle, sweet …1899 Eng. dial.
– TILL tame; gentle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UNBALEFUL † harmless, gentle …c1200
– YENTYLL † gentle …a1533
gentle – nouns  (also see GENTLENESS)
– MANSUEFACTION a taming or making gentle …1727
– NESH † mild or gentle treatment …c1200
gentle – person 
– DOVE a gentle or innocent person; formerly a simpleton …L16
– HEND a gentle, noble, excellent person …Bk1905 poetical usage
– LAMB one who is meek, gentle, innocent, or weak as a lamb …c1000
– PIGEON a woman; a cute girl; a gentle woman …20C US colloq.
– PUSSYCAT a gentle person …Bk1995 US sl.
gentle – verbs
– MOG to walk along slowly but steadily; to move gently …1857 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– PULL ONE’S PUNCHES to use less force than one is capable of exerting; to be gentle or lenient, esp. in criticism or punishment
gentle – phrases 
– SOFT FIRE MAKES SWEET MALT an admonition to be gentle or merciful …1546
 
GENTLEMAN – person
– ADELMAN a nobleman, an earl, a gentleman …Bk1708
– APOCRYPHATE † a spurious or sham gentleman …1586
– BIRKIE a would-be gentleman …Bk1876 Sc.
– CABALLERO 1. a gentleman …1835
2. a Spanish gentleman …1877 
– GALLANT a man of fashion and pleasure; a fine gentleman …1388 arch.
– GEMMAN a vulgar pronunciation of ‘gentleman’ …c1550
– GENT a gentleman; a man, a fellow …1564
– GENTEEL † a genteel person; a gentleman …1675
– GENTIL † a genteel person; a gentleman …1675
– GENTLE one who is of gentle birth or rank; a gentleman …c1400
– GENTLEBOY †* a young gentleman …1685
– GENTLEMAN 1. a man in whom gentle birth is accompanied by appropriate qualities and behaviour; hence, in general, a man of chivalrous instincts and fine feelings …c1386
2. a man of gentle birth, or having the same heraldic status as those of gentle birth; properly, one who is entitled to bear arms, though not ranking among the nobility; also applied to a person of distinction without precise definition of rank …a1275 chiefly hist.
3. a man of superior position in society, or having the habits of life indicative of this; often, one whose means enable him to live in easy circumstances without engaging in trade; a man of money and leisure …1583
– GENTLEMAN OF THE FIRST HEAD † a term of contempt; an upstart gentleman; an imitator of the upper classes …1611
– GENTLEMAN OF THE FIRST HOUSE † a term of contempt; an upstart gentleman; an imitator of the upper classes …a1625
– GENTLEPERSON a replacement of ‘gentleman’; often used humorously or ironically …1975
– GENTMAN † a gentleman …a1556
– GENTRY † a gentleman …1645 
– GENTRY COFE a nobleman or a gentleman …1567 sl.
– GENTRY COVE a nobleman, a gentleman …1608 UK criminals’ sl.
– GENTRY CUFFIN a nobleman, a gentleman …1611 UK criminals’ sl.
– GENTRY-MAN a gentleman …1881 Eng. dial.
– HALF-HOUR GENTLEMAN a man whose breeding is only superficial …c1870 UK society sl.
– HALF-NIB(S) one who apes gentility or importance; also, a gentleman who has come down in the world …Bk1812 sl.
– HIDALGO in Spain, one of the lower nobility; a gentleman by birth …1594
– HIGH-FLYER a gentleman who has fallen on hard times …1887 UK sl.
– IDLEMAN a ‘gentleman’, as opposed to a working man – a man living on his own means, without any employment …1331 Irish
– JACK-GENTLEMAN † a man of low birth or manners making pretensions to be a gentleman; an insolent fellow, an upstart …1667
– JAGGER a gentleman …1859 Amer. thieves’ sl.
– MAN a gentleman …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MASTER a respectable, well-dressed man; a gentleman; any individual …1851 Eng. dial.
– MONEY-GENTLEMAN †* a person who is a gentleman by birth but who nevertheless works as a financier …1665
– NIB a gentleman …Bk1902 beggars’ sl.
– NIB-COVE a gentleman …Bk1902 beggars’ sl.
– NOB a nobleman; a gentleman …1753 sl.
– OLD PUT a pretentious old gentleman …M18 sl.
– QUEER DUKE an impoverished gentleman …L17 UK criminals’ sl.
– SAHIB a White man; a thoroughly honourable gentleman …1849
– UNDER-GENTLEMAN an inferior gentleman …1766
– VADELECT † in ancient times was used to signify a young gentleman of good descent or quality; and afterwards it was applied to the rank of yeoman; a servant, a serving-man …1586
– VALET in ancient times was used to signify a young gentleman of good descent or quality; and afterwards it was applied to the rank of yeoman; a man-servant performing duties chief relating to the person of his master; a gentleman’s personal attendant …1567
– YANGBAN a member of the yangban, the former ruling class in Korea; an aristocrat or gentleman …1898
– YOUNKER † a young nobleman or gentleman; a youth of high rank; orig. Dutch or German …1505
 
GENTLEMANLY – adjectives
– JAUNTY † of persons, their manners, etc.: well-bred; gentlemanly; genteel …1674
– NIBLIKE gentlemanly …1834 beggars’ sl.
– NIBSOME like a gentleman, gentlemanly…1839 beggars’ sl.
gentlemanly – adverbs 
– SARGENTLEMANLY a sarcastic allusion to one who is acting ‘so gentlemanly’ …L19 sl.
 
GENTLENESS – nouns
– CANNINESS sagacity, skilfulness, prudence, cautiousness; gentleness, quietness …a1662 Sc.
– DEBONAIRSHIP †* debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability …a1240
– DEBONAIRTY † debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability …a1225
– DEBONARITY † debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability …a1225
– EDMEDE † gentleness, humility …c1000
– EDMODNESS † gentleness, humility, meekness …c888
– HAND-TAMENESS † submissiveness, gentleness …a1300
– IRON HAND IN A VELVET GLOVE, AN rigid firmness accompanied by courtesy, politeness, and gentleness …1834
– LENITUDE † gentleness, mildness …1627
– LENITY mildness, gentleness, mercifulness in disposition or behaviour …1548
– MANSUETIE †* gentleness, meekness …1592
– MANSUETUDE gentleness, meekness …c1386 arch.
– SUAVITUDE †* sweetness; gentleness …1512
 
GENTLEWOMAN – person
– GENTLEDAME †* a gentlewoman …1647 
 
GENTLY – adverbs
– ALL BY EASE gently, quietly …1881 Eng. dial.
– BENIGNLY † meekly, gently, humbly …c1386
– CANNILY sagaciously, skilfully, prudently; cautiously, slyly; gently, softly; comfortably …1636 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– FAIR † gently, quietly, without haste or violence …a1000
– FAIR AND EASILY † gently, quietly, without haste or violence …1523
– FAIR AND EVENLY † gently, quietly, without haste or violence …a1000
– FAIR AND SOFTLY † gently, quietly, without haste or violence …c1374
– FAIRLY † gently, peaceably, quietly, softly …c1400
– HANDSOMELY † carefully; without haste, gently, gradually …1550 obs. exc. nautical usage
– MANSUETELY † gently, mildly …c1460
– MEEVERLY moderately, tolerably, middling; fairly well in health; easily, gently …1790 Eng. dial.
– MEVERLY moderately, tolerably, middling; fairly well in health; easily, gently …1860 Eng. dial.
– NESH †* softly, gently, tenderly …1297
– NESHLY † softly, gently …c897 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– QUEMELY † in a pleasing, agreeable, or becoming manner; neatly, gently, smoothly …c1380
– WITH KID GLOVES delicately, gently, circumspectly, in such a manner so as to avoid upset …1888 US
 
GENTRY – nouns
– GALLANTRY † gallants collectively; gentry, fashionable people …1606
– HALF-HUNG-TEE would-be gentry …1929 Sc.
– JENTRIE † gentry …1422
– NABBERY the lower class of gentry …Bk1903 Sc.
– NABRIE the lower class of gentry …Bk1903 Sc.
 
GENUINE – adjectives
– ALL LEATHER genuine, reliable …1922 Amer. dial.
– ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE of high quality; genuine; reliable; in the best condition …1882 Amer. dial.
– ALL WOOL AND NO SHODDY of high quality; genuine; reliable; in the best condition …1946 Amer. dial.
– CARD-CARRYING genuine; thoroughgoing …1963 US jocular
– CHIMNEY CORNER unofficial, not genuine, popularly made up …1915 Amer. dial.
– DEAD * perfect; genuine; veritable; unmistakable; absolute …1819 Amer. sl.
– DINK genuine, true, honest …1980 Aust. sl.
– DINKI-DI genuine, real …1918 Aust. sl.
– DINKUM real, genuine …1905 Aust. sl.
– DINKY-DI(E) genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward …1918 Aust. sl.
– FAIR † original, genuine …c1820 Amer. dial.
– FAIR DINK genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward …E20 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– FAIR DINKUM genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward …L19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– FUNKY genuine, without pretensions …1950s Amer. sl.
– GENUINAL †* genuine …1599
– GUNGOO genuine; complete, entire …20C Royal Navy usage
– HEARTLY † proceeding from or seated in the heart; expressive of real feeling; earnest, genuine, sincere …1340-70
– HEART-WHOLE whole-hearted; free from hypocrisy or affectation; sincere, genuine …1684
– HEARTY heartfelt, genuine, sincere …1479
– JANNOCK sociable; fair; just; straightforward; genuine  …1828 Eng. dial.
– JENICK fair, straightforward; genuine …1828 Eng. dial.
– JONNOCK sociable; fair; just; straightforward, genuine …1828 Eng. dial.
– KOSHER correct, genuine, legitimate …1896 colloq.
– LEAL † true, genuine, real, actual, exact, accurate …a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– MCCOY genuine …1920s US sl.
– NATURAL genuine, real …1970 Amer. dial.
– NO-SHIT genuine …1950s US sl.
– PAKKA certain, reliable; genuine; excellent …c1770 Anglo-Indian
– PUCKA genuine, reliable, or good …1690 Anglo-Indian
– PUCKAH certain, reliable; genuine; excellent …c1770 Anglo-Indian
– PUCKER certain, reliable; genuine; excellent …c1770 Anglo-Indian
– PUKKA certain, reliable; genuine; excellent …c1770 Anglo-Indian
– PURE-QUILL genuine …1956 Amer. dial.
– REALLY real, genuine …1916 Amer. dial.
– REALLY TRULY real, genuine …1899 Amer. dial.
– REAL-QUILL genuine …1949 Amer. dial.
– REVEREND extraordinary, distinguished, powerful; genuine, thorough …1826 Amer. dial.
– RIDGIE-DIDGE, RIDGY-DIDGE good; all right; genuine …1953 Aust. sl.
– RIGHT true, genuine …1903 Amer. dial.
– RIGHT-DOWN genuine, downright …1828 Amer. dial.
– SICKER † genuine, good …a1400-50
– SIMON the genuine article; the real thing …E19 
– SIMON-PURE real, genuine, authentic …1889
– SQUARE DINKUM genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward …L19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– STRAIGHT DINKUM genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward …L19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– TRUEPENNY true, genuine …1523 colloq. arch.
– VERITABLE genuine, real, true; not counterfeit, false, or spurious; correctly or properly so called …1483
genuine – nouns
– CHALK, THE something that is genuine; truth …1843 US sl.
– PURE QUILL, THE something that is pure, genuine, of the highest quality …1884 Amer. dial.
– PURE QUILL WITH A BEAD ON IT, THE something that is pure, genuine, of the highest quality …1916 Amer. dial.
– REAL MACKAY, THE the genuine article, the true original, the real home product …1870 Sc.
– REAL SIMON PURE, THE the real, genuine, or authentic person or thing …a1832
– SIMON PURE the genuine article; the real thing …E19 
– SIMON PURE, THE the real, genuine, or authentic person or thing …1815
genuine – person
– REAL SIMON PURE, THE the real, genuine, or authentic person or thing …a1832
– SIMON PURE, THE the real, genuine, or authentic person or thing …1815
 
GENUINELY – adverbs
– HARD DOWN really, truly, genuinely …1959 Amer. dial.
– PURE-QUILL genuinely …1956 Amer. dial.
– VERITABLY with truth or verity; truly, truthfully; genuinely, really …1481
 
GENUINENESS – nouns
– NATURALNESS †* genuineness, legitimacy …1656
 
GEOGRAPHICAL – nouns
– GAZETTEER a geographical index or dictionary …1704
 
GEOGRAPHY – nouns
– GEOG geography …L19 schoolchildren’s usage
geography – person
– GEOGRAPHER one who is versed in, or writes upon, geography …1534
– GEOGRAPHER GENERAL one who has overall responsibility for geographic and cartographic matters in a country or region …1785 N. Amer. hist.
– GEOGRAPHIER one who is versed in, or writes upon, geography …1542
– GEOGRAPHUS †* a geographer …1547 
 
GEOLOGY – nouns
– UNDERGROUND-BOOK † a book on geology …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
geology – person
– GEOLOGER * a geologist …1797
– GEOLOGIAN * a geologist …1813
– GEOLOGICIAN † a geologist …1818
– GEOLOGIST one versed in geology; one who purses geological investigations …1778
– GEOLOGUE † a geologist …1799
– GEOSCIENTIST an expert or specialist in a geoscience (the physical science of geology and its branches) ; an earth scientist …1943
– ROCKHOUND a geologist; an amateur mineralogist …N. Amer. colloq.
– ROCKSY, ROXY a geology instructor …Bk1934 college sl.
– SAND-SMELLER an oil geologist …c1920 Amer. student sl. 
 
GEOMETRY – nouns
– JOMMETRY geometry; magic art, geometry being considered magic  …1861
geometry – person
– GEOMETER one who studies, or is skilled in, geometry …c1450
– GEOMETRER * one who studies, or is skilled in, geometry …1382
– GEOMETRIAN † a geometrician; one who studies geometry  …c1380
– GEOMETRICIAN an expert or specialist in geometry; one who studies geometry …c1475
– GEOMETRIST a geometrician; an expert or specialist in geometry …1772 
 
GEORGIA – nouns
– ASSHOLE OF THE FORTY-EIGHT the state of Georgia …1962 Amer. sl.
– A-TOWN Atlanta, Georgia …1995 US sl.
– BIG A Atlanta, Georgia …1976 US sl.
– CRACKER STATE Georgia …E19 US sl.
– FREAKNIK a mass celebration of Black students in the streets of Atlanta, Georgia during college spring break …1992 US sl.
– HOTLANTA Atlanta, Georgia …1970s US sl.
– HOT TOWN Atlanta, Georgia …1970s US sl.
Georgia – person
– BUZZARD a native or resident of Georgia …1845 Amer. jocular
– CORNCRACKER a native of Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, or Virginia …M19 US sl.
– GAUBER-GRUBBER an inhabitant of North Carolina, Arkansas, or Georgia …1865 US sl.
– GEORGIAN an inhabitant of Georgia in the U.S. …1732
– GOOBER a poor countrified person; used as a nickname, esp. for an inhabitant of Georgia …1865 Amer. dial.
– GOOBER-GRABBER a poor rustic or countrified person; used as a nickname, esp. for an inhabitant of Georgia …1867 Amer. dial.
– GOOBER-GRABBLER an inhabitant of Georgia …1908 Amer. dial.
– GOOBER-GRUBBER a poor rustic or countrified person; used as a nickname, esp. for an inhabitant of Georgia …1880 Amer. dial.
– GOUBER-GRABBLER an inhabitant of Georgia …1869 Amer. dial.
– GRUBER-GRUBBER an inhabitant of North Carolina, Arkansas, or Georgia …M19 sl.
 
GERM – nouns
– BUG a germ …1919 sl.
– WOG a germ …1941 Aust. sl.
germ – person
– GERMAPHOBE a person who has an intense or irrational fear of germs …1894
 
GERMANY – adjectives
– BOCHE German …1914
– DUTCH † German; relating to the people of Germany …1480
– DUTCHKIN † of ‘Dutch’ or German kind or sort …1576
– KRAUT (offensive and derogatory) German …1911 colloq.
– SAUSAGE-EATING German …1910s sl.
Germany – nouns
– BIG B, THE Berlin, Germany …1944 US Air Force usage
– BOCHELAND Germany …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BOSCHELAND Germany …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CABBAGE HILL a German settlement area …1967 Amer. dial.
– CABBAGE TOWN a German settlement area …1967 Amer. dial.
– DUTCHLAND † Germany …1547
– HEINIELAND Germany …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HITLAND Germany …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HUNLAND Germany …Amer. World War I sl.
– KRAUT-BASHING the practice of targeting Germans for verbal attack or abuse; the incitement or exploitation of anti-German sentiment …1974
– KRAUTLAND (offensive and derogatory) Germany …1907 colloq.
– LAND OF THE SQUAREHEAD Germany …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NAZILAND Germany …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RHINELAND Germany …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– VATERLAND, THE Germany …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
Germany – person
– ALLEYMAN a German …1915 army sl.
– BEERHEAD a German …1944 US sl.
– BELGIES † Low Germans …1602
– BEMOSSED HEAD in the German universities: a student during the sixth and last term …Bk1856 college usage
– BLACKSHIRT in Nazi Germany: a member of the internal security force, the Schutzstaffel (S.S.) …1933 hist.
– BLITZ a German …World War II Amer. sl.
– BOCHE (derogatory) a German; a German soldier; Germans collectively …1914 sl.
– BONEHEAD a German …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORSCH a German …1969 Amer. dial.
– BUSHER a German …Amer. World War I sl.
– CABBAGE-EATER (offensive) a German or Russian immigrant – a foreigner of German or Russian origin…1942 US sl.
– CABBAGEHEAD (derogatory) a nickname for a German or a Dutchman …M19 US sl.
– DAITSCH a German …1967 Amer. dial.
– DEUTSCHER a person of German descent …1950 Amer. dial.
– DUDE a German soldier …1918 US Army sl.
– DUTCH a German …Amer. World War I sl.
– DUTCHEE, DUTCHIE, DUTCHY (derogatory) a German …1834 colloq.
– DUTCHER † a German …1671
– DUTCHMAN † a German …a1387
– DUTCHWOMAN † a German person …1788
– ERIC(H) (usually derogatory) a male German …1985 Brit. sl.
– FLATHEAD a German …1965 Amer. dial.
– FRAT a woman met by fratting (frat – to establish friendly and esp. sexual relationships with German women: used of British and American occupying troops after World War II) …1945 sl.
– FRITZ (mainly derogatory) a German; a German soldier of World War I …1915 sl.
– FRITZER a German, esp. a German military serviceman …1918 USA military sl.
– FRITZIE a German, esp. a German military serviceman …1918 sl.
– GASTARBEITER a person with temporary permission to work in another country, an immigrant worker; applied esp. to those encouraged into Germany after 1945 to assist in the post-war economic revival …1966
– GERM a German; used derisively …1915 US sl.
– GERMAN 1. a native or inhabitant of Germany or of the regions of central Europe corresponding to modern Germany; a person descended from such Germans, esp. one belonging to a German cultural community outside Germany …a1387
2. † a scholar or speaker of German …1809
– GERMAN-AMERICAN an American of German ancestry …1775
– GERMANI a German; a German soldier …1915 military sl.
– GERMANIST an expert in or student of German language, literature, history, or though; a person with knowledge of Germany or German; also, a supporter of favourer of Germany or things German …1817
– GERMANIZER one who adopts German manners and customs …1834
– GERMANOPHIL(E) a great admirer of Germany and its culture; a supporter of German interests …1876
– GERMANOPHILIST one who is friendly to, or excessively fond of, the Germans …1864
– GERMANOPHOBE a person with a strong dislike or fear of Germany or Germans; a person who is hostile towards Germany or German interests …1883
– GERMO a German; used derisively …1975 US sl.
– GERMY a German; used derisively …1915 US sl.
– GERRY a German, esp. a German soldier …1915 US sl.
– GERS, THE the Germans, esp. soldiers …1914 military sl.
– HAMBURGER a native or inhabitant of Hamburg, Germany …1617
– HANOVERIAN a native or Hanover, Germany …1775
– HANS a German or Dutchman …1855
– HANS THE GRENADIER a German nickname for a German soldier …World War I sl.
– HANS WURST a German …1942 Amer. dial.
– HARDHEAD a German …1966 Amer. dial.
– HEINE a German; a German soldier…1904 N. Amer. sl.
– HEINIE a German; a German soldier…1904 N. Amer. sl.
– HELGOLANDER a native or inhabitant of Helgoland, Germany …Bk2006
– HERMAN a German …Bk1919 Aust. services sl.
– HESSIAN a native of Hesse in Germany; a soldier of or from that country …1729
– HIGH DUTCH German settlers or their descendants in North America, regarded collectively …1773
– HIGH DUTCHER * a German, esp. a German settler as distinguished from a Dutch settler or descendant in the United States …1671
– HIGH DUTCHMAN a native or inhabitant of Germany; a German …a1450-1500
– HIGH GERMAN a native or inhabitant of the highlands in the south of Germany …1550
– HINEY a German; a German soldier…1904 N. Amer. sl.
– HUN a German, a person of German descent …1900 UK sl.
– JERRY a German; a German soldier or aircraft; Germans or German soldiers collectively …1919 sl.
– KRAUT (derogatory) a German, esp. a German soldier during wartime …1841 US 
– KRAUT-EATER (offensive and derogatory) a German …1865 colloq.
– KRAUTHEAD (offensive and derogatory) a German …1904 colloq.
– LUGER LOUT a German …1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘Kraut’
– MOOTMAN * one of the Princes of Germany formerly entitled to take part in the election of the Emperor …1654
– MULLER a German …1939 Brit. sl.
– OLD FRITZ a German soldier …World War I sl.
– OLD HEINE a German soldier …World War I sl.
– RAD a German male …post-World War II US military usage
– SALE BOCHE a French term of abuse for a German (sale = dirty) …1919 sl.
– SAUERKRAUT (derogatory) a German …1771 sl., chiefly Aust. & US 
– SAUERKRAUT EATER a German or person of Germany ancestry; also, a nickname for such a person …1918 Amer. dial.
– SAUERKRAUTER (derogatory) a German …1771 sl., chiefly Aust. & US 
– SAUERKRAUT FACE a German …World War II Amer. sl.
– SAUERKRAUT SLURPER (derogatory) a German …1771
– SAUSAGE 1. a German …1890 sl.
2. (derogatory) a nickname for a German soldier …World War II US sl.
– SAUSAGE-EATER a German …1844 sl.
– SAUSAGE-GORGER a German …1844 sl.
– SAUSAGE-MANGLER a German …1844 sl. Cassells Sl Green 2005
– SAUSAGE-MEAT a German …1844 sl.
– SAUSAGE-SPOILER a German …1844 sl.
– SAUSAGE WALLOPER a German …1916 sl.
– SOURCROUT (derogatory) a German …M18 sl., chiefly Aust. & US
– SOURKRAUT (derogatory) a German …M18 sl., chiefly Aust. & US
– SQUAREHEAD (derogatory) a foreigner of Germanic extraction; a German soldier in World War I …1903 sl., chiefly US
– TANNAKIN † a diminutive pet-form of the name Ann or Anna; specifically used for a German or Dutch girl …1557
– WALDGRAVE in medieval Germany: an officer having jurisdiction over a royal forest; on the lower Rhine, the title was hereditary in certain families of the higher nobility …Bk1928 hist.
– WALDGRAVINE the wife of a ‘waldgrave’ …Bk1928 hist.
– YAH-YAH a German …1886 UK sl.
– YA-YAS German tourists …Bk1998 NZ sl. 
 
GESTICULATE – person
– GESTICULATOR one who gesticulates; one who uses gestures or gesticulations; an actor …1693 
gesticulate – verbs
– MANOEUVRE to beckon; to gesticulate …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
GESTICULATING – adjectives
– JAISTERING swaggering, gesturing, gesticulating …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
 
GESTICULATION – adjectives
– GESTICULACIOUS * given to gesticulation …1834
gesticulation – nouns 
– MEGRIMS antics, tricks; gesticulations; grimaces …1890 Eng. dial.
 
GESTURE – adjectives
– GESTUROUS † full of gesture, using gestures, addicted to gestures …1576 
gesture – nouns 
– ANNE’S FAN a rude gesture, thumbing the nose; touching the tip of the thumb to the end of one’s nose and spreading the fingers wide; it can be made worse by wiggling the fingers …19C Brit.
– AUSSIE HAKA a gesture showing that you have no money to pay for the next round of drinks at a pub; it involves patting one’s pockets, as if to say one has left their wallet at home …1998 NZ sl.
– AUSTRALIAN HAKA a gesture showing that you have no money to pay for the next round of drinks at a pub; it involves patting one’s pockets, as if to say one has left their wallet at home …1998 NZ sl.
– BIRD, THE a rude gesture made with the middle finger …Bk2006 US sl.
– CUNT HOOKS the insulting gesture that consists of jerking up the first two fingers, the back of the hand towards the person insulted …20C sl.
– DOUBLE SIGHT a ‘sight’ (a gesture of derision made by placing the thumb on the tip of one’s nose and spreading out the fingers like a fan) intensified by joining the tip of the little finger to the thumb of the other hand, which in turn has its fingers extended fanwise …E18 sl.
– FASHIONS * actions, gestures, ‘ways’ …1569
– FINGER WAVE the ‘finger’; a curse expressed as a gesture; the middle finger pointed up with the remaining fingers clinched in a fist; the verbalization of the curse is assumed to  be “Fuck you!” or “Stick it up your ass!” M20 US sl.
– GECK a gesture of derision; an expression of scorn or contempt …1500-20 chiefly Sc.
– GRINDER a derisive gesture made by putting the thumb to the nose and working the little finger like the handle of a  coffee mill …M19 sl.
– HARVEY SMITH a V-sign or other gesture of contempt …1973 Brit. sl.
– HIGH FIVE a greeting or celebratory gesture that takes the form of raising the arm and ritualistically slapping each other’s palm …1980s sl.
– ONE-FINGERED SALUTE an obscene gesture of contempt …1960s US sl.
– ONE-FINGER SALUTE an obscene gesture of contempt …1960s US sl.
– QUEEN ANNE’S FAN a gesture of derision: the thumb on the nose-tip and the fingers spread fan-wise …E18 sl.
– RASPBERRY a sound or gesture expressing contempt, the continuous noise made by forcing air out of the mouth with the tongue held limply behind the lower lip …1890 sl.
– RAZZ a ‘razzberry’; a sound or gesture expressing contempt …1919 sl., orig. US
– RAZZBERRY a sound or gesture expressing contempt, the continuous noise made by forcing air out of the mouth with the tongue held limply behind the lower lip …1890 US sl.
– SALMON ARM SALUTE a derisive gesture based on clenching the fist and raising the middle finger …1970s Can. sl.
– SIGHT a gesture of derision, made by placing the thumb on the tip of one’s nose and spreading out the fingers like a fan …E18 sl.
– SIGNACLE † a sign or gesture …c1450
– VICK a two-fingered gesture that is used to insult or otherwise cause offense; the forefinger and the middle finger are extended to form a V shape, with the palm turned in towards the gesturer …1985 Scot.
– VICKY a two-fingered gesture that is used to insult or otherwise cause offense; the forefinger and the middle finger are extended to form a V shape, with the palm turned in towards the gesturer …1985 Scot.
gesture – verbs
– FLIP ONE OFF to give someone the finger …Bk2006 US college sl.
– FLIP THE BIRD to make an obscene and offensive gesture of contempt at a person by raising the middle finger …1968 US sl.
– GECK AT to scoff at; to use mocking language or gestures towards …1603 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– GIVE ONE THE FINGER to make an obscene gesture with the middle finger raised as a sign of contempt, and hence showing contempt for someone …1890 sl., orig. US
– MAKE A LONG NOSE to put the thumb to the nose as a gesture of mockery or ridicule …1828
– MAKE BACON to make a derisive gesture; to put the thumb to the nose and spread out the fingers …1887 Eng. dial.
– PULL BACON to make a derisive gesture; to put the thumb to the nose and spread out the fingers …1887 Eng. dial.
– TAKE A GRINDER to make a coarse gesture similar to thumbing one’s nose and using the other hand to work an imaginary coffee-grinder …M19 sl.
– TAKE A SIGHT to place the thumb against the nose and close all the fingers except the little one, which is agitated as a token of derision …M19 sl.
– TAKE DOUBLE SIGHTS to place the thumb against the nose and close all the fingers except the little one, which is agitated as a token of derision …M19 sl.
 
GESTURING – adjectives
– JAISTERING swaggering, gesturing, gesticulating …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
 
GET – nouns
– CAPTATION a catching at, an endeavour to get …1523
get – verbs 
– ABCAP to get, to obtain …M19 UK criminal’s sl.
– BEGET † to get, to acquire, usually by effort …a1000
– CAPTATE † to catch at, to strive to obtain, to seek after …1628
– CATCH † to receive, to get, to obtain …c1205
– CLEAR THE HARROWS to get one’s object, to attain one’s desire …1892 Sc.
– COFF † to acquire, to get …1559 Sc.
– COUGH † to purchase, to acquire, to get …1550
– FANG † to get, to obtain, to procure; also, to get together; to collect …1340-70
– FINAGLE to wangle, to manoeuvre, to obtain by devious means; to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion …1922 Amer. dial.
– KEEP † to try to catch or get; to seek after …c1000
– LATCH † to be the recipient of; to get; to receive a name, gift, blow, injury; to catch a disease …a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– LUCRATE † to gain, to get, to win …1623
– MAKE A PLAY FOR to try to get something …1905 orig. US
– OFGO † to gain, to win, to obtain; to obtain by merit, to deserve, to earn …c1000
– SCRAPE UP to get, esp. laboriously and bit by bit …1617
– SCRATCH UP to get, esp. laboriously and bit by bit …1922 Amer. sl.
– SNAKE to get or obtain a thing furtively or surreptitiously; to steal or pilfer; to cheat a person out of something …a1861
– TAIN †* to obtain, to get …1501
– TILL † to labour after, to seek after, to provide; to get by effort, to obtain, acquire or earn by labour; later, to get, to obtain …a900
 
GET ALONG – verbs
– EAT AT THE SAME TABLE to get along; to have a genial relationship; to live peaceably with someone …1968 Amer. dial.
– EAT IN THE SAME PLATE to get along; to have a genial relationship; to live peaceably with someone …1968 Amer. dial.
– EAT OUT OF THE SAME DISH to get along; to have a genial relationship; to live peaceably with someone …1954 Amer. dial.
– SCREE ON to get along somehow; to live through difficulties …Bk1904 Sc.
– SET HORSES to get along …1980s US Black sl.
– SKILL † to get along, to subsist …1537
 
GET BY – verbs
– SCRAPE ALONG to survive; to carry on; to get by …1884 Amer. sl.
– SCRAPE BY to survive; to carry on; to get by …1884 Amer. sl.
– SCUFFLE to struggle; to just get by on little or no money …1890s US Black sl.
 
GET UP – verbs
– GATHER TO ONE’S FEET to get to one’s feet, to rise up …1827 Sc.
– GATHER TO ONE’S LEGS to get to one’s feet, to rise up …1801 Sc.
 
GEWGAW – nouns
– BLAWFLUM a flattering delusion; a gewgaw; a mere deception …Bk1911 Sc.
– BONNY-WALLIES gewgaws, trinkets …Bk1911 Sc.
– BONNY-WAWLIES gewgaws, trinkets …Bk1911 Sc.
– DIE a toy, a plaything, a geegaw …1816 Sc.
– FALDERAL a gewgaw, a trifle; a flimsy thing …c1820
– FALDERDAL a gewgaw, a trifle, a useless ornament; finery …1828 Eng. dial.
– FAL DE ROL a gewgaw, a trifle; a flimsy thing …c1820
– FALLALS finery, trumpery ornaments, trifles, gewgaws …1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– FANDANGLEMENT a whim, crotchet; a gewgaw …1867 Eng. dial.
– FEGARY * a gewgaw; a trifle; finery in dress …E18 Eng. dial. & colloq.
– FLAMFEW a gaudy ornament; a dazzling trifle; a gewgaw; something pretty and of little value …1580 arch.
– FOLDEROL a gewgaw, a trifle; a flimsy thing …c1820
– FOL-DE-ROLL a gewgaw, a trifle, a useless ornament; finery …1828 Eng. dial.
– FOLDIDOL a gewgaw, a trifle, a useless ornament; finery …1828 Eng. dial.
– FRIGGLE-FRAGGLES toys, trifles, gewgaws; useless, vain ornaments of dress …19C Sc.
– GAUD a plaything, a toy; also, something gaudy; a showy ornament, a piece of finery; a gewgaw …c1430 
– GAUDY † a bright-coloured ornament; a toy, a bauble, a gewgaw …1555
– GAW * a gewgaw …1822
– GAWD a plaything, a toy; also, something gaudy; a showy ornament, a piece of finery; a gewgaw …c1430 
– JIGAMAFLOOCUS a gadget, a thingamajig; a gewgaw …1974 Amer. dial.
– JIGAMAHOO a gadget, a thingamajig; a gewgaw …1824 Amer. dial.
– JIGAMAREE, JIGGERMAREE a gadget, a thingamajig; a gewgaw …1824 Amer. dial.
– MEE-MAW a trifle, a gewgaw …1899 Eng. dial.
– NIGNAY a knickknack, a trinket, a trifle; a trifling, useless thing or proceeding; an unnecessary ornament or frill, a gewgaw …a1689 Sc.
– PARAPHERNALS gewgaws, knickknacks, odds and ends, trifling possessions …1962 Sc.
– TRIM-TRAM † a personal ornament of little value; a pretty toy or trifle; a gewgaw; a worthless thing …1523
– TRINKUM-TRANKUMS † trinkets, gewgaws; odd matters of finery, as ribbons, etc. …1718 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– TRITTLE-TRATTLES * trifles, gewgaws, knickknacks; children’s toys …1896 Sc.
– VARIORUM a piece of decoration, in furniture, etc.; an ornament, gewgaw, trinket; a flourish in handwriting; any unnecessary appendage …1864 Sc.
– WALLIE a toy, a gewgaw …1722 Sc.
– WALLY a toy, a gewgaw …1722 Sc.
– WALY a toy, a gewgaw …1722 Sc.
– WAWLIE a toy, a gewgaw …1722 Sc.
gewgaw – verbs
– MEE-MAW to dress up, to wear a great many gewgaws …Bk1905 Eng. dial.