gee
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
A shortening of Jesus, perhaps as in the oath by Jesus.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
gee
- (somewhat dated) A general exclamation of surprise or frustration.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:wow
- Gee, I didn't know that!
- Gee, this is swell fun!
- 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 edit
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.
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Etymology 2 edit
Unknown.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gee (third-person singular simple present gees, present participle geeing, simple past and past participle geed)
- (intransitive) Of a horse, pack animal, etc.: to move forward; go faster; or turn in a direction away from the driver, typically to the right.
- This horse won’t gee when I tell him to.
- (transitive) To cause an animal to move in this way.
- You may need to walk up to the front of the pack and physically gee the lead dog.
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) To agree; to harmonize.
- 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. It geed.
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Noun edit
gee (plural gees)
- A gee-gee, a horse.
- 1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “Act I”, in The Pirates of Penzance […], Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart & Co., published 1880, →OCLC:
- You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee.
Interjection edit
gee
- A command to a horse, pack animal, etc., which may variously mean “move forward”, “go faster”, or “turn to the right”.
- Mush, huskies. Now, gee! Gee!
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle English, from Old English ge, from Latin ge (the name of the letter G).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gee (plural gees)
- The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.
- One branch of English society drops its initial aitches, and another branch ignores its terminal gees.
- 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 en gee tee aitch.
- 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:
- I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
- (slang) Abbreviation of grand; a thousand dollars.
- ten gees
- (physics) Abbreviation of gravity; the unit of acceleration equal to that exerted by gravity at the earth's surface.
- 1949 July, Margaret St. Clair, “Sacred Martian Pig”, in Startling Stories, page 92:
- I've more muscle than you, and I'm used to greater gee, being from earth.
- 1987, Tom Clancy, Patriot Games, page 449:
- So if you fire the Phoenix inside that radius, he just can't evade it. The missile can pull more gees than any pilot can.
- (US, slang) A guy.
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 197:
- Just off the highway there's a small garage and paint-shop run by a gee named Art Huck.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- gay (in shorthand)
Translations edit
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See also edit
- (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed
Etymology 4 edit
Unknown. Possibly from gowl (“vagina, vulva”), a slang term in Ireland. Compare Irish gabhal (“fork, crotch”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gee (plural gees)
- (Ireland, slang) Vagina, vulva.[1]
- 1987, Roddy Doyle, The Commitments, Dublin: King Farouk:
- The brassers, yeh know wha' I mean. The gee. Is tha' why?
- 1991, Roddy Doyle, The Van, . Secker & Warburg, →ISBN, page 65:
- But he'd had to keep feeling them up and down from her knees up to her gee after she'd said that....
- 1992, Samuel Beckett, Dream of Fair to Middling Women, . John Calder, →ISBN, page 71:
- Lily Neary has a lovely gee and her pore Paddy got his B.A. and by the holy fly I wouldn't recommend you to ask me what class of a tree they were under when he put his hand on her and enjoyed that.
- 1995, Joseph O'Connor, Red Roses and Petrol, . Methuen, →ISBN, page 7:
- And I thought, gee is certainly something that gobshite knows all about.
Etymology 5 edit
Unknown.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gee (third-person singular simple present gees, present participle geeing, simple past and past participle geed)
- To suit or fit.
- 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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gée (autobenefactive geyité)
- (transitive) find
- (transitive) recover
- (transitive) get, obtain
Conjugation edit
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perfective | V-affirmative | géeh | geytéh | géeh | geytéh | geynéh | geyteeníh | geeníh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N-affirmative | gée | geyté | gée | geyté | geyné | geytén | géen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
negative | mágeyinniyo | mágeyinnito | mágeyinna | mágeyinna | mágeyinnino | mágeyinniton | mágeyinnon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
imperfective | V-affirmative | geyáh | geytáh | geyáh | geytáh | geynáh | geytaanáh | geyaanáh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N-affirmative | geyá | geytá | geyá | geytá | geyná | geytán | geyán | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
negative | mágeya | mágeyta | mágeya | mágeyta | mágeyna | mágeytan | mágeyan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
prospective | V-affirmative | géeliyoh géeyyoh |
géelitoh géettoh |
géeleh | géeleh | géelinoh géennoh |
géelitoonuh géettoonuh |
géeloonuh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N-affirmative | géeliyo géeyyo |
géelito géetto |
géele | géele | géelino géenno |
géeliton géetton |
géelon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
conjunctive I | V-affirmative | géyuh | géyuh | géyuh | géyuh | géyuh | geytóonuh | geyóonuh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N-affirmative | géyu | géyu | géyu | géyu | géyu | geytón | geyón | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
negative | gée wáyuh | gée wáytuh | gée wáyuh | gée wáytuh | gée wáynuh | gée waytóonuh | gée wóonuh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
conjunctive II | V-affirmative | geyánkeh | geytánkeh | geyánkeh | geytánkeh | geynánkeh | geytaanánkeh | geyaanánkeh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N-affirmative | geyánke | geytánke | geyánke | geytánke | geynánke | geytaanánke | geyaanánke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
negative | gée wáankeh | gée waytánkeh | gée wáankeh | gée waytánkeh | gée waynánkeh | gée waytaanánkeh | gée wáankeh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
jussive | affirmative | géyay | géyay | géyay | géyay | géyay | geytóonay | geyóonay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
negative | gée wáay | gée wáytay | gée wáay | gée wáytay | gée wáynay | gée waytóonay | gée wóonay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
past conditional |
affirmative | geyinniyóy | geyinnitóy | geyinnáy | geyinnáy | geyinninóy | geyinnitoonúy | geyinnoonúy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
negative | gée wanniyóy | gée wannitóy | gée wannáy | gée wannáy | gée wanninóy | gée wannitoonúy | gée wanninoonúy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
present conditional I |
affirmative | géek | geyték | géek | geyték | geynék | geyteeník | geeník | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
negative | gée wéek | gée wayték | gée wéek | gée wayték | gée waynék | gée wayteeník | gée weeník | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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consultative | affirmative | geyóo | geynóo | imperative | affirmative | géy | géya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
negative | mageyóo | mageynóo | negative | mágeyin | mágeyina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-h converb | -i form | -k converb | -in(n)uh converb | -innuk converb | infinitive | indefinite participle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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géyah | géyi | géyak | geyínnuh | geyínnuk | geyíyya | geyináanih | geyináan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References edit
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “gee”, in An 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 edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gee (present gee, present participle gewende, past participle gegee)
- to give
- Ek gee op! ― I give up!
Alemannic German edit
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Pronunciation edit
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gee (third-person singular simple present git, past participle gee, auxiliary haa) (Switzerland)
- (ditransitive) to give (in various senses)
- (impersonal, transitive) Used to indicate that something exists. Usually translated as there is/are or there exist(s)
- Synonym: haa
- So öppis gits nume doo! ― Something like this only exists here. (literally, “Something like this it gives only here.”)
Estonian edit
Noun edit
gee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gee
- The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.
- (physics) gee (unit of acceleration equal to that exerted by gravity)
Declension edit
Inflection of gee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | gee | geet | ||
genitive | geen | geiden geitten | ||
partitive | geetä | geitä | ||
illative | geehen | geihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | gee | geet | ||
accusative | nom. | gee | geet | |
gen. | geen | |||
genitive | geen | geiden geitten | ||
partitive | geetä | geitä | ||
inessive | geessä | geissä | ||
elative | geestä | geistä | ||
illative | geehen | geihin | ||
adessive | geellä | geillä | ||
ablative | geeltä | geiltä | ||
allative | geelle | geille | ||
essive | geenä | geinä | ||
translative | geeksi | geiksi | ||
abessive | geettä | geittä | ||
instructive | — | gein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams edit
Manx edit
Verb edit
gee
- present participle of ee
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ġee
- Alternative form of ġēa
Võro edit
Noun edit
gee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English given. Doublet of yie.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gee (third-person singular gees, simple past gae, past participle gien)
- to give
Derived terms edit
References edit
- 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, published 1867, page 41
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