| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| gab | noun | The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric., The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness., To deceive; to lie., To talk idly; to prate; to chatter. |
| gad | noun | The point of a spear, or an arrowhead., A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc., A sharp-pointed rod; a goad., A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling., A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel., A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with., To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled. |
| gag | verb t. | To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to., To pry or hold open by means of a gag., To cause to heave with nausea., To heave with nausea; to retch., To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3., Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking., A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat., A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion. |
| gan | verb | Began; commenced., of Gin |
| gap | noun | An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass., To notch, as a sword or knife., To make an opening in; to breach. |
| gar | verb | Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish., The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike., To cause; to make. |
| gas | noun | An aeriform fluid; — a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aeriform state., A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes., Laughing gas., Any irrespirable aeriform fluid. |
| gat | imp. of Get., of Get | |
| gay | superl. | Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry., Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed., Loose; dissipated; lewd., An ornament |