gee

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  1. noun The letter g.
  2. interjection Used to command an animal pulling a load to turn to the right.
  3. intransitive verb To turn to the right.

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  • In zero-gee, your weightless vertebrae are no longer being squeezed. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 02 - February 2001
  • The Hilton had a large central area that stayed zero-gee, the “Space Room,” with padded walls and a kind of oversized jungle gym. —  AnalogSFF,January-February2008
  • 'No gee-gee I loaned my gee-gee,' Sandman said, 'to someone who was really injured.' —  Gallows Thief by Bernard Cornwell
  • After eighteen hours of zero-gee, my legs felt like warm rubber, but otherwise I had no trouble getting on my feet. —  Asimov'sSF,October-November2007
  • Irrigation streams did not work in micro-gee, and crew with hoses could accomplish only so much. —  Analog SFF, September 2006
 

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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Alteration of Jesus1.
  2. From gee1, from the first letter of grand.

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  1. Origin unknown.
  2. = Scots gie, a contr. of give.
 

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