Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 19
Gibberish (a.) Unmeaning; as, gibberish language.
Gibberish (n.) Unintelligible talking [syn: gibberish, gibber].
Gibbet (n.) A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning.
Gibbet (n.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
Gibbeted (imp. & p. p.) of Gibbet.
Gibbeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gibbet.
Gibbet (v. t.) To hang and expose on a gibbet.
Gibbet (v. t.) To expose to infamy; to blacken.
I'll gibbet up his name. -- Oldham.
Gibbet (n.) Alternative terms for gallows [syn: gallows tree, gallows-tree, gibbet, gallous].
Gibbet (v.) Hang on an execution instrument.
Gibbet (v.) Expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: pillory, gibbet].
Gibbier (n.) Wild fowl; game. [Obs.] -- Addison.
Gibbon (n.) (Zool.) Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing.
Note: The white-handed gibbon ({Hylobates lar), the crowned ({H. pilatus), the wou-wou or singing gibbon ({H. agilis), the siamang, and the hoolock. are the most common species.
Gibbon (n.) English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794) [syn: Gibbon, Edward Gibbon].
Gibbon (n.) Smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies [syn: gibbon, Hylobates lar].
Gibbon, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
Population (2000): 1759
Housing Units (2000): 668
Land area (2000): 0.838856 sq. miles (2.172628 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.838856 sq. miles (2.172628 sq. km)
FIPS code: 18615
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 40.747656 N, 98.844381 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68840
Note:
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Gibbon, NE
Gibbon
Gibbon, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 808
Housing Units (2000): 378
Land area (2000): 0.887940 sq. miles (2.299753 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.887940 sq. miles (2.299753 sq. km)
FIPS code: 23678
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 44.533200 N, 94.524178 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 55335
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Gibbon, MN
Gibbon
Gib boom () See Jib boom.
Compare: Jib
Jib (n.) (Naut.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibs; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.
Jib (n.) (Mach.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
Jib (n.) One that jibs, or balks; a jibber.
Jib (n.) A stationary condition; a standstill.
Jib boom (Naut.), A spar or boom which serves as an extension of the bowsprit. It is sometimes extended by another spar called the flying jib boom. [Written also gib boom.]
Jib crane (Mach.), A crane having a horizontal jib on which a trolley moves, bearing the load.
Jib door (Arch.), A door made flush with the wall, without dressings or moldings; a disguised door.
Jib header (Naut.), A gaff-topsail, shaped like a jib; a jib-headed topsail.
Jib topsail (Naut.), A small jib set above and outside of all the other jibs.
The cut of one's jib, one's outward appearance. [Colloq.] -- Sir W. Scott.
Gibbose (a.) Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations. -- Brande & C.
Gibbose (a.) (Used of the moon) More than half full [syn: gibbous, gibbose].
Gibbostity (n.) The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.
Gibbous (a.) Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon.
The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. -- Wiseman.
Gibbous (a.) Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne. -- Gib"bous*ly, adv. -- Gib"bous*ness, n.
Gibbous (a.) Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column [syn: crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic].
Gibbous (a.) (Used of the moon) More than half full [syn: gibbous, gibbose].
Gibbsite (n.) (Min.) A hydrate of alumina.
Gibbsite (n.) White crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide; a constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina.
Gib-cat (n.) A male cat, esp. an old one. See lst Gib. n. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Gibed (imp. & p. p.) of Gibe.
Gibing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gibe.
Gibe (v. i.) To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.
Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. -- Swift.
Gibe (v. i.) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock.
Draw the beasts as I describe them,
From their features, while I gibe them. -- Swift.
Gibe (n.) An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer.
Mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns. -- Shak.
With solemn gibe did Eustace banter me. -- Tennyson.
Gibe (n.) An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe].
Gibe (v.) Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord].
Gibe (v.) Laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" [syn: jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe].
Gibel (n.) (Zool.) A kind of carp ({Cyprinus gibelio); -- called also Prussian carp.
Giber (n.) One who utters gibes. -- B. Jonson.
Gibfish (n.) The male of the salmon. [Prov. Eng.] -- Wright.
Gibingly (adv.) In a gibing manner; scornfully.
Gibingly (adv.) In a disrespectful jeering manner [syn: jeeringly, mockingly, gibingly].
Giblet (a.) Made of giblets; as, a giblet pie.
Giblets (n. pl.) The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.), of poultry.
Gibstaff (n.) A staff to guage water, or to push a boat.
Gibstaff (n.) A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage.
Gid (a.) A disease of sheep, characterized by vertigo; the staggers. It is caused by the presence of the Coenurus, a larval tapeworm, in the brain. See Coenurus.
Giddily (adv.) In a giddy manner.
Giddiness (n.) The quality or state of being giddy.
Giddy (a.) 暈眩的，眼花的；令人暈眩的，使人眼花的 [B]；輕率的，輕浮的 Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy.
By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed. -- Tate.
Giddy (a.) Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice. -- Prior.
Upon the giddy footing of the hatches. -- Shak.
Giddy (a.) Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.
The giddy motion of the whirling mill. -- Pope.
Giddy (a.) Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. "Giddy, foolish hours." -- Rowe. "Giddy chance." -- Dryden.
Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm. -- Cowper.
Giddy (v. i.) 暈眩To reel; to whirl. -- Chapman.
Giddy (v. t.) 使暈眩To make dizzy or unsteady. [Obs.]
Giddy (a.) Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff" [syn: dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous].
Giddy (a.) Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light- headed, lightheaded, silly].
Giddy-head (n.) A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment.
Giddy-headed (a.) Thoughtless; unsteady.
Giddy-paced (a.) Moving irregularly; flighty; fickle.
Gie (v. t.) To guide. See Gye .
Gie (v. t.) To give.
Gier-eagle (n.) A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).
Gier-falcon (n.) The gyrfalcon.
Gieseckite (n.) A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after elaeolite.
Gif (conj.) If.
Giffard injector () See under Injector.
Giffgaff (n.) Mutial accommodation; mutual giving.
Giffy (n.) See Jiffy.
Gift (v. t.) Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.
Gift (v. t.) The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President.
Gift (v. t.) A bribe; anything given to corrupt.
Gift (v. t.) Some quality or endowment given to man by God; a preeminent and special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking.
Gift (v. t.) A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession.
Gifted (imp. & p. p.) of Gift.
Gifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gift.
Gift (v. t.) To endow with some power or faculty.
Giftedness (n.) The state of being gifted.
Gig (n.) A fiddle.
Gig (v. t.) To engender.
Gig (n.) A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
Gig (v. t.) To fish with a gig.
Gig (n.) A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
Gig (n.) A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.
Gig (n.) A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.
Gig (n.) A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.
Gig (n.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
Gigantean (a.) Like a giant; mighty; gigantic.
Gigantesque (a.) Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.
Gigantic (a.) Of extraordinary size; like a giant.
Gigantic (a.) Such as a giant might use, make, or cause; immense; tremendous; extraordinarly; as, gigantic deeds; gigantic wickedness.
Gigantical (a.) Bulky, big.
Giganticide (n.) The act of killing, or one who kills, a giant.
Gigantine (a.) Gigantic.
Gigantology (n.) An account or description of giants.
Gigantomachy (n.) A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven.
Gide (n.) Alt. of Guide.
Guide (n.) The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.
Gigeria (n. pl. ) of Gigerium.
Gigerium (n.) The muscular stomach, or gizzard, of birds.
Gigget (n.) Same as Gigot.
Giggled (imp. & p. p.) of Giggle.
Giggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Giggle.
Giggle (v. t.) To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity.
Giggle (n.) A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh.
Giggler (n.) One who giggles or titters.
Giggly (a.) Prone to giggling.
Giggot (n.) See Gigot.
Giggyng (n.) The act of fastending the gige or leather strap to the shield.
Giglot (n.) Alt. of Giglet.
Giglet (n.) A wanton; a lascivious or light, giddy girl.
Giglot (a.) Giddi; light; inconstant; wanton.
Gigot (n.) Alt. of Giggot.
Giggot (n.) A leg of mutton.
Giggot (n.) A small piece of flesh; a slice.
Gila monster () A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth.
Gilded (imp. & p. p.) of Gild.
Gilt () of Gild.
Gilding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gild.