An English teacher wrote these words on the whiteboard: «woman without her man is nothing». The teacher then asked the students to punctuate the words correctly. The men wrote: «Woman, without her man, is nothing.»The women wrote: «Woman! Without her, man is nothing.»
v. Colloq. Stare stupidly or obtrusively. [related to *yelp]
GAZE
—v. (-zing) (foll. By at, into, on, etc.) Look fixedly. —n. Intent look. [origin unknown]
GCHQ
abbr. Government communications headquarters.
GCSE
abbr. General certificate of secondary education.
GEAR
lever n. (also gear shift) lever used to engage or change gear.
- —n. - (often in pl.) A set of toothed wheels that work together, esp. Those connecting the engine of a vehicle to the road wheels. B particular setting of these (first gear).
- equipment, apparatus, or tackle.
- colloq. Clothing. —v. - (foll. By to) adjust or adapt to.
- (often foll. By up) equip with gears.
- (foll. By up) make ready or prepared.
- put in gear. in gear with a gear engaged. Out of gear with no gear engaged. [old norse]
GELD
v. Castrate. [old norse]
GENE
n. Unit in a chromosome determining heredity. [german]
- therapy n. Introduction of normal genes into cells in place of defective or missing ones in order to correct genetic disorders.
GENT
n. Colloq. - gentleman.
- (the gents) colloq. Men's public lavatory. [shortening of *gentleman]
GERM
n. - micro-organism, esp. One causing disease.
- portion of an organism capable of developing into a new one; rudiment of an animal or plant in seed (wheat germ).
- thing that may develop; elementary principle. germy adj. (-ier, -iest). [latin germen sprout]
- warfare n. Use of germs to spread disease in war.
