gummy
Thick, fat—generally applied to a woman’s ankles, or to a man whose flabby person betokens him a drunkard.
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gump stump
The anus.
gumph
Nonsense.
gumption
Or RUMGUMPTION, comprehension, capacity. From GAUM, to comprehend; "I canna gauge it, and I canna GAUM it," as a Yorkshire exciseman said of a hedgehog.
gun
He is in the gun; he is drunk: perhaps from an allusion to a vessel called a gun, used for ale in the universities.
gun
A magsman or street thief. Diminutive of gonnuf or gunnof. A GUN’S practice is known as GUNOVING.
gun cotton
A highly explosive compound, prepared by saturating cotton or other cellulose material with nitric and sulphuric acids.
gun jumping
starting something before it is officially allowed
gun money
Base money issued in Ireland by James II, made from old brass cannon, with a small admixture of silver.
gun room
A room in the afterpart of a lower gun-deck for the accommodation of junior officers.
gun to your head
forced to make a difficult decision
gunboat diplomacy
Using military power to enforce diplomatic demands
gundiguts
A fat, pursy fellow.
gunner's daughter
a device for punishing sailors
Gunpowder Plot
The project of a few Roman Catholics to destroy James I with the Lords and Commons when he opened Parliament, on November 5th, 1605.
guns blazing
Acting aggressively or forcefully from the start
gup
Gossip.—Anglo-Indian.
gurgler
A drain.
gurrawaun
A coachman, a native Indian corruption of the English word coachman. For another curious corruption of a similar kind, see SIMPKIN.—Anglo-Indian.
gusher
One overflowing with sentiment, a rhapsodizer. Romance-reading young ladies are generally described as GUSHING, and of late years the word GUSH has done duty as representing the newspaper work necessary for a continuance of the "largest circulation."
gut check
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
gut factor
an instinctive feeling that something is right or wrong
gut feeling
Intuitive sense or instinct about something
gut out
to persevere through a difficult situation
gut reaction
An instinctive or intuitive response
Gutenberg's Bible
See BIBLE, SPECIALLY NAMED. Gothlac, St, (guth' lak) of Crowland, Lincoln- shire, is represented in Christian art as a hermit punishing demons with a scourge, or consoled by angels while demons torment him. He was a member of the royal family of Mercia in the 7th century.
gutenberg's types and plant
With this Fust started business on his own account, with his son-in-law Peter Schoffer as manager. Guten- berg was obliged to carry on his business with inferior types and presses.
gutless wonder
A person lacking courage or determination
gutlord
A fat man.
guts
My great guts are ready to eat my little ones; my guts begin to think my throat's cut; my guts curse my teeth: all expressions signifying the party is extremely hungry.
guts and garbage
A very fat man or woman. More guts than brains; a silly fellow. He has plenty of guts, but no bowels: said of a hard, merciless, unfeeling person.
guts out
completely emptied or removed
gutter blood
A low or vulgar man.—Scotch.
gutter lane
The throat, the swallow, the red lane. See RED LANE.
gutting a quart pot
Taking out the lining of it: i. e. drinking it off. Gutting an oyster; eating it. Gutting a house; clearing it of its furniture. See POULTERER.
guy
A dark lanthorn: an allusion to Guy Faux, the principal actor in the gunpowder plot. Stow the guy: conceal the lanthorn.
guy
A fright, a dowdy, an ill-dressed person. Derived from the effigy of Guy Fawkes carried about by boys on Nov. 5. "Hollo, boys, another GUY!"
guzzle
Liquor. To guzzle; to drink greedily.
guzzle
To eat or drink to excess; to eat loudly, hastily, and clumsily.
guzzle guts
One greedy of liquor.
gweeb
A dweeb.
gybing
Jeering or ridiculing.
gyp
A college runner or errand-boy at Cambridge, called at Oxford a scout. See SCOUT.
gyp
An undergraduate’s servant at Cambridge. Popularly derived by Cantabs from the Greek, GYPS, (γύψ), a vulture, from the dishonest rapacity peculiar to GYPS. At Oxford servants are called scouts.
gypper
A gypsy.
gypsy's kiss
piss
Gai mắt chướng tai
A person who is disliked or annoying
gai ngọn dọn hơn gai gốc
The consequence is easier to deal with than the root cause
Gai ngọn giòn hơn gai gốc
The younger generation is more talented than the older one
Gai ngọn nhọn hơn gai gốc
The consequences of an action are worse than the action itself
Gai trên rừng ai biết mà nhọn, trái kia trên ngọn ai vo mà tròn
Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses
Gai trên rừng ai bức mà nhọn, trái trên cây ai vo mà tròn
Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses
Gai trên rừng ai bứt mà nhọn
Everyone has their own problems
Gai trên rừng ai mút mà nhọn
Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses
Gai trên rừng ai vót mà nhọn, trái trên cây ai vo mà tròn
Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses
Gai ở ngọn giòn hơn gai gốc
The troubles caused by children are more painful than those caused by parents
gan bà cố
Very brave or daring
gan bàn chân
Vietnamese phrase; English definition pending editorial review.
Gan bào ruột thắt
To be extremely worried or anxious
Gan bằng gan cóc tía
Be as brave as a fighting cock
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