Gil

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Gil^¹

/ɡɪl/

Sounds like gill · Rhymes with -ɪl

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Shortening.

proper noun

A diminutive of the male given name Gilbert.

GIL^²

noun GILs

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of global interpreter lock Since Asyncio is single-threaded (almost by definition), it is unaffected by the GIL, but it cannot benefit from multiple CPU cores either.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gail, jill, kil, bermejo, sher, torres, peralta, vernet, kyrgyz, kyrgyzstani, kyrgyzstan, chittagong, phuket, rivas, gill, gel

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"Gil." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gil. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Gil. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gil

Chicago

"Gil." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gil.

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@misc{gil_2026,
  title = {Gil},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gil},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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