gee

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Slang · Informal

n. a slang word for one thousand dollars.

n. a slang term for a thousand dollars or pounds.

“The repairs on the car are going to cost at least two gee.”

“He managed to walk away from the table with five gee in his pocket after a lucky streak at poker.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Science Technical

n. a unit used to measure how much force gravity or speed puts on something.

n. a unit of acceleration equal to the standard acceleration of gravity at the Earth's surface.

“Fighter pilots have to train to handle high gees during sharp turns.”

“The spacecraft was designed to withstand a force of up to seven gees during the initial atmospheric reentry phase.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun

n. the name of the letter 'G'.

n. the phonetic name for the seventh letter of the English alphabet.

Español:ge

“The word 'giraffe' starts with a soft gee.”

“The child struggled to distinguish between the written form of a capital gee and a capital C.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Slang · Vulgar · Dialect · British English

n. a very informal and sometimes rude word for a woman's private parts.

n. a slang term for the vulva or vagina, primarily used in Ireland.

“He got in trouble for using the word gee in front of his teacher.”

“The comedian's routine relied heavily on local slang, including frequent references to the word gee.”