Gee vs Thick - What's the difference?
gee | thick |
A general exclamation of surprise or frustration.
(often as imperative to a draft animal) To turn in a direction away from the driver, typically to the right.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To agree; to harmonize.
A gee-gee; a horse.
* 1879 , , Act I:
*:You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee .
(slang) ; a thousand dollars.
(physics) ; the unit of acceleration equal to that exerted by gravity at the earth's surface.
* {{quote-magazine
, year = 1949
, month = July
, first = Margaret
, last = St. Clair
, authorlink = Margaret St. Clair
, title = Sacred Martian Pig
, magazine = Startling Stories
, page = 92
, passage = I've more muscle than you, and I'm used to greater gee , being from earth.
}}
* {{quote-book
, year = 1987
, first = Tom
, last = Clancy
, authorlink = Tom Clancy
, title = Patriot Games
, page = 449
, passage = So if you fire the Phoenix inside that radius, he just can't evade it. The missile can pull more gees than any pilot can.
}}
(US, slang) A guy.
* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 197:
(Ireland, slang) (vagina), (vulva)
* 1987 , (Roddy Doyle), (The Commitments) , King Farouk, Dublin:
* 1991 , (Roddy Doyle), , p. 65. Secker & Warburg (ISBN: 0-436-20052-X):
* 1992 , (Samuel Beckett), (Dream of Fair to Middling Women) , p. 71. John Calder (ISBN: 978-0714542133):
* 1995 , (w, Joseph O'Connor), (Red Roses and Petrol) , p. 7. Methuen (ISBN: 978-0413699909):
English interjections
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Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=17 Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
Heavy in build; thickset.
* 2007 , James T. Knight, Queen of the Hustle
Densely crowded or packed.
* , chapter=3
, title= Having a viscous consistency.
Abounding in number.
Impenetrable to sight.
Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
(informal) Stupid.
(informal) Friendly or intimate.
* T. Hughes
Deep, intense, or profound.
* Shakespeare
In a thick manner.
Thickly.
Frequently; in great numbers.
The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
* Dryden
A thicket.
* Drayton
* Spenser
A stupid person; a fool.
* 2014 , Joseph O'Connor, The Thrill of It All (page 100)
(archaic) To thicken.
As verbs the difference between gee and thick
is that gee is (often as imperative to a draft animal) to turn in a direction away from the driver, typically to the right while thick is (archaic|transitive) to thicken.As nouns the difference between gee and thick
is that gee is a gee-gee; a horse or gee can be or gee can be (ireland|slang) (vagina), (vulva)[http://booksgooglecom/books?id=4yfseghljboc&pg=pa850&lpg=pa850&dq=gee+%22om+dalzell%22+%22terry+victor%22&source=bl&ots=7jrck2k_5c&sig=gvq1g1ffirwftymi7wgybhf0304&hl=en&sa=x&ei=tddat5pc5jsjatgoljml&ved=0ccaq6aewaa#v=onepage&q&f=false the new partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional english ] p 850, tom dalzell and terry victor routledge, 2006 isbn: 0-415-25937-1 while thick is the thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.As an interjection gee
is a general exclamation of surprise or frustration.As an adjective thick is
relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.As an adverb thick is
in a thick manner.gee
English
Etymology 1
A shortening of (Jesus), perhaps as in the oath (by Jesus)Interjection
(en interjection)- Gee , I didn't know that!
- Gee , this is swell fun!
Usage notes
Gee'' is generally considered somewhat dated or juvenile. It is 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 ).Synonyms
* (exclamation of surprise) geez, gosh, gollyDerived terms
* gee whiz * gee whillikers, gee willikers, gee willickersEtymology 2
Verb
- 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.
- Mush, huskies. Now, gee'''! ' Gee !
- (Forby)
Derived terms
* gee haw whimmy diddleCoordinate terms
* hawNoun
(en noun)Etymology 3
Pronunciation of the letter (G).Noun
(en noun)- One branch of English society drops its initial aitches, and another branch ignores its terminal gees .
- ten gees
- Just off the highway there's a small garage and paint-shop run by a gee named Art Huck.
Etymology 4
Noun
(en noun)The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional Englishp. 850, Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor. Routledge, 2006. ISBN: 0-415-25937-1.
- The brassers, yeh know wha' I mean. The gee . Is tha' why?
- But he'd had to keep feeling them up and down from her knees up to her gee after she'd said that....
- Lily Neary has a lovely gee and her pore Paddy got his B.A. and by the holy fly I wouldn't recommend you to ask me what class of a tree they were under when he put his hand on her and enjoyed that.
- And I thought, gee is certainly something that gobshite knows all about.
See also
* ("gee" on Wikipedia)Anagrams
*References
thick
English
Adjective
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- As she twirled around in front of the mirror admiring how the dress showed off her thick booty, she felt like a princess in a children's storybook.
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- We have been thick ever since.
- thick sleep
Synonyms
* (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) broad * (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) * (heavy in build) chunky, solid, stocky, thickset * (densely crowded or packed) crowded, dense, packed * (having a viscous consistency) glutinous, viscous * (abounding in number) overflowing, swarming, teeming * (impenetrable to sight) dense, opaque, solid * (sense) unclear * dense, dumb (informal), stupid, thick as pigshit (taboo slang), thick as two short planks (slang) * (sense) chummy (qualifier), close, close-knit, friendly, pally (informal), intimate, tight-knit * great, extreme * See alsoAntonyms
* (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) slim, thin * (heavy in build) slender, slight, slim, svelte, thin * (densely crowded or packed) sparse * (having a viscous consistency) free-flowing, runny * (abounding in number) * (impenetrable to sight) thin, transparent * (sense) clear, lucid * brainy (informal), intelligent, smart * (sense) unacquaintedDerived terms
* blood is thicker than water * thick and thin * thick as a brick * thick as a plank * thick as thieves * thick as two short planks * thicket * thickhead * thickish * thickly * thicko * thickness * thickset * thick-skinned * thick-un * thickyAdverb
(er)- Snow lay thick on the ground.
- Bread should be sliced thick to make toast.
- The arrows flew thick and fast around us.
Noun
(-)- It was mayhem in the thick of battle.
- He through a little window cast his sight / Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light.
- gloomy thicks
- Through the thick they heard one rudely rush.
- If there was doctorates in bollocksology and scratching yourself in bed, the two of you'd be professors by now. Pair of loafing, idle thicks .
Derived terms
* in the thick of * through thick and thinVerb
(en verb)- The nightmare Life-in-death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold. — Coleridge.