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gee¹

  • /d͡ʒiː/

Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

A shortening of Jesus, perhaps as in the oath by Jesus.

interjection

  1. dated A general exclamation of surprise or frustration. Gee, I didn't know that!

    Similar: adzooks, ay, caramba, mirabile dictu, chihuahua, begorra, bleeding heck, bleeding Nora, bless my heart, bless my soul, bless us, blige

gee²

  • /ˈd͡ʒiː/

Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

Unknown.

verb gees · geeing · geed

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. UK, dialectal, obsolete To agree; to harmonize. It didn't gee with what he had been trained to preach and think about about his religion, you know.

noun gees

  1. A gee-gee, a horse. You'll say a better major-general has never sat a gee

interjection

  1. 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!

gee³

  • /ˈd͡ʒiː/

Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

From Middle English, from Old English ge, from Latin ge (the name of the letter G).

noun gees

  1. 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.
  2. abbreviation, slang Abbreviation of grand; a thousand dollars. ten gees
  3. abbreviation Abbreviation of gravity; the unit of acceleration equal to that exerted by gravity at the earth's surface. I've more muscle than you, and I'm used to greater gee, being from earth.
  4. US, slang A guy. Just off the highway there's a small garage and paint-shop run by a gee named Art Huck.

gee⁴

  • /ɡiː/

Sounds like ghee · Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

Unknown. Possibly from gowl (“vagina, vulva”), a slang term in Ireland. Compare Irish gabhal (“fork, crotch”).

noun gees

  1. Ireland, slang Vagina, vulva. The brassers, yeh know wha' I mean. The gee. Is tha' why?

gee⁵

  • /d͡ʒiː/

Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

Unknown.

verb gees · geeing · geed

  1. To suit or fit. That will just "gee".

gee⁶

verb gees · geeing · geed

  1. dialectal, obsolete To give. And good old Holmes delivered his soul on the walk home of many wise sayings, and, as the song says, "Gee'd 'em a sight of good advice;" […]

Gee⁷

  • /ˈd͡ʒiː/
  • /ˈɡiː/

Where it comes from

Northern English surname of debated meaning.

proper noun

  1. A surname. Prosecutors allege that Gee posted several videos online following Biden’s visit to Scranton, Pennsylvania, in April for a campaign event.
  2. rare A male given name.
  3. An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Kentucky, United States.
  4. A ghost town in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States.

noun Gees

  1. Alternative letter-case form of gee

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: g, shoot, pit, snap, whiz, hully, crap, bummer, golly, mince, slim, slender, thin, ooh, fudge, boy

Translations

Every language

intj exclamation of surprise or pleasure

Españolvaya
Portuguêsena!, ena pá!, eia!, xi!
Italianocribbio, perbacco, alla faccia, osteria
Русскийбо́же bóže
Tiếng Việttrời

verb to turn away from the driver

Françaishue
Deutschhott
Românăcea

noun name of the letter G, g

Españolge
한국어지 ji
日本語ジー jī
हिन्दीजी jī
Portuguêsgê
Françaisgé
Italianogi
Ελληνικάτζι tzi
Русскийжэ žɛ, гэ gɛ
Tiếng Việtgiê, gờ, ghê
العربيةغِي ḡī, جِي jī, جِي gī

noun slang: a thousand dollars

Русскийкоса́рь kosárʹ

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@misc{gee_2026,
  title = {gee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}