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Gaston¹

  • /ˈɡæstən/

Rhymes with -æstən

proper noun

  1. A surname from Old Northern French.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname or from French, of occasional usage.

gaston²

noun gastons

  1. A grip using one hand with the thumb down and elbow out.
  2. Yorkshire, archaic A daredevil; a high-spirited person. A! He is a gaston, there's nowt'll stop him.

verb gastons · gastoning · gastoned

  1. To hold using such a grip

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Closest in meaning: alphonse, johansson, abbe, galen, dutch, martin, buzz, nick, gros, brute, boor, chauvinist, cad, braggart, bully, oaf

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@misc{gaston_2026,
  title = {gaston},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gaston},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}