gee

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Interjection 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 See also 1.3.4 Usage notes 1.4 Verb 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Translations 2 Afrikaans 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Verb 3 Finnish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Declension

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Same as geez

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iː

[edit] Interjection

gee

1. A general exclamation of surprise or frustration.

   Gee, I didn't know that!

   Gee this is fun!

2. An instruction for a horse or other animal to turn right.

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[edit] Related terms

• gee whiz (1)
• gee haw whimmy diddle
• gee willickers

[edit] See also

• geez (1)
• gosh (1)
• golly (1)
• haw (2)

[edit] Usage notes

Gee, gosh and golly are generally considered somewhat dated or juvenile. They are often used for ironic effect, with the speaker putting on the persona of a freshly-scrubbed freckle-faced kid from days gone by (e.g. 1950 sitcom children, such as Beaver on Leave it to Beaver).

[edit] Verb

to gee (third-person singular simple present gees, present participle geeing, simple past and past participle geed)

1. To turn right or to cause to turn right.

   This horse won't gee when I tell him to.

   You may need to walk up to the front of the pack and physically gee the lead dog.

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

gee (plural gees)

1. the name of the letter G / g
   • If one branch of English society drops its initial aitches, and another branch ignores its terminal gees.
2. (slang, British) a thousand dollars
   • ten gees
3. (physics) the unit of acceleration equal to that exerted by gravity
4. Irish slang... meaning Vagina

   Give us a shot of your gee

   Her gee was proper bleedin' loose, just like throwing a sausage up O'Connell Street

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[edit] Afrikaans

[edit] Etymology

Dutch geven

[edit] Verb

gee

1. To give.

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

gee

1. The letter G, g.
2. (physics) the unit of acceleration equal to that exerted by gravity

[edit] Declension

Declension of gee (type maa) singular plural nominative gee geet genitive geen geiden geitten partitive geetä geitä accusative gee geen geet inessive geessä geissä elative geestä geistä illative geehen geihin adessive geellä geillä ablative geeltä geiltä allative geelle geille essive geenä geinä translative geeksi geiksi instructive – gein abessive geettä geittä comitative – geineen