Words That Start With GA

gallant

Adjective : Brave, valiant, courteous, especially with regard to male attitudes towards women.

Adjective : honorable.

Adjective : grand, noble.

gaze

Verb : (intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly.

Verb : (transitive, poetic) To stare at.

Noun : A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.

gale

Verb : (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cry; groan; croak.

Verb : (intransitive, of a person, now chiefly dialectal) To talk.

Verb : (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; utter with musical modulations.

garish

Adjective : Overly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste.

gawk

Noun : A cuckoo.

Noun : A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.

Verb : To stare or gape stupidly.

gasp

Verb : (intransitive) To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.

Verb : (intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant.

Verb : (transitive) To speak in a breathless manner.

gaudy

Adjective : Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.

Adjective : (obsolete) Fun; merry; festive.

Noun : (archaic) One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.

gay

Noun : An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.

Noun : A unisex given name from English.

Noun : A female given name from English, from the word gay (“joyful”); rare today.

gaunt

Adjective : Angular, bony, and lean.

Adjective : Unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness: drawn, emaciated, haggard.

Adjective : (figurative)

gaiety

Noun : (dated, uncountable) The state of being happy or merry.

Noun : (dated, countable) Merrymaking or festivity.

gape

Verb : (intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.

Verb : (intransitive) To stare in wonder.

Verb : (intransitive) To open wide; to display a gap.

gall

Noun : (uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity; chutzpah.

Noun : (anatomy, archaic, countable) A gallbladder.

Noun : (physiology, archaic, uncountable) Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.

galling

Adjective : Vexing, humiliating; eliciting indignation or bitterness.

Noun : Material transfer caused by adhesion between sliding surfaces, potentially resulting in wear or binding.

gag

Noun : A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.

Noun : (law) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.

Noun : (figurative) Any suppression of freedom of speech.

galvanic

Adjective : Of or pertaining to galvanism; electric.

Adjective : (by extension) Energetic; vigorous.

Adjective : Of a current that is not alternating, as opposed to faradic.

garrulous

Adjective : Excessively or tiresomely talkative.

Adjective : (of something written or performed) Excessively wordy and rambling.

garner

Noun : A granary; a store of grain.

Noun : An accumulation, supply, store, or hoard of something.

Verb : To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.

gangly

Adjective : Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.

gaum

Noun : (UK, dialectal, rare) Heed; attention.

Verb : (dialectal, obsolete) To understand; comprehend; consider.

Verb : (US and UK, dialects, chiefly Midlands, Southern US, Appalachia) To smear.

gala

Adjective : Celebratory; festive.

Noun : (uncountable) Pomp, show, or festivity.

Noun : A competition

gander

Noun : A male goose.

Noun : A fool, simpleton.

Noun : (informal) A glance, look.

gawky

Adjective : Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.

Adjective : (Yorkshire, West Riding) Left-handed.

Noun : An awkward, ungainly person.

gawp

Verb : (chiefly British) To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.

Noun : (British) A stupefied or amazed stare.

gauge

Noun : A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard

Noun : An act of measuring.

Noun : An estimate.

garrison

Noun : A permanent military post.

Noun : The troops stationed at such a post.

Noun : (allusive) Occupants.

gaping

Adjective : Wide open.

Adjective : Having the jaw wide open, as in astonishment or stupefaction.

Noun : The act of one who gapes.

garbled

Adjective : (of a message etc) difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled

gash

Noun : A deep cut.

Noun : (slang, vulgar) A vulva.

Noun : (slang, uncountable, offensive, derogatory) A woman.

galoot

Noun : (derogatory) A clumsy or uncouth person.

gargantuan

Adjective : Huge; immense; tremendous.

Adjective : (obsolete) Of the giant Gargantua or his appetite.

Adjective : Alternative letter-case form of gargantuan [Huge; immense; tremendous.]

garrotte

Noun : Alternative spelling of garrote [(historical) An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.]

Verb : Alternative spelling of garrote [(transitive) To execute by strangulation, to kill using a garrote.]

gaf

Verb : (Internet slang) Initialism of give a fuck. [(idiomatic, vulgar, chiefly in the negative) To care; to give a shit.]

Noun : Alternative spelling of gaff (“place of residence, house”) [A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.]

gain

Verb : (transitive) To acquire possession of.

Verb : (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.

Verb : (transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.

gate

Noun : A doorlike structure outside a house.

Noun : A doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.

Noun : A movable barrier.

gathering

Noun : A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.

Noun : A group of people or things.

Noun : (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.

gaol

Noun : (Commonwealth) Dated spelling of jail.

Verb : (Commonwealth) Dated spelling of jail.

gallery

Noun : An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.

Noun : An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.

Noun : The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.

garnish

Verb : To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.

Verb : (cooking) To ornament with something placed around it.

Verb : (archaic) To furnish; to supply.

gage

Verb : To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.

Verb : (archaic) To bet or wager (something).

Verb : (obsolete) To deposit or give (something) as a pledge or security; to pawn.

gaff

Noun : A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.

Noun : A minor error or faux pas, a gaffe.

Noun : A trick or con.

gainsay

Verb : (transitive, formal) To say something in contradiction to.

gabble

Verb : (ambitransitive) To talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning.

Verb : To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity.

Noun : Confused or unintelligible speech.

gasconade

Noun : Boastful talk.

Adjective : (obsolete) Of or pertaining to exaggeration or extravagant boasting; bombastic.

Verb : (obsolete, derogatory) To talk boastfully.

garden variety

Adjective : (idiomatic) Ordinary, common, or unexceptional.

Noun : (idiomatic) An ordinary, standard kind.

gabardine

Noun : (uncountable, countable) A type of woolen cloth with a diagonal ribbed texture on one side.

Noun : (uncountable, countable) A similar fabric, made from cotton.

Noun : (countable) A long cloak.

gadling

Noun : (obsolete) A companion in arms, fellow, comrade.

Noun : A roving vagabond; one who roams

Noun : A man of humble condition; a fellow; a low fellow; lowborn; originally comrade or companion, in a good sense, but later used in reproach

gap

Noun : An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.

Noun : An opening allowing passage or entrance.

Noun : An opening that implies a breach or defect.

game

Noun : A playful or competitive activity.

Noun : A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.

Noun : (countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.

galvanize

Verb : (loosely, dated) To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means.

Verb : (usually) To coat with a layer of zinc (for rust resistance) by electrochemical means.

Verb : (figurative) To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock.

gangway

Noun : A passageway through which to enter or leave, such as one between seating areas in an auditorium, or between two buildings.

Noun : An articulating bridge or ramp, such as from land to a dock or a ship.

Noun : A temporary passageway, such as one made of planks.

gambit

Noun : (chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.

Noun : Any ploy or stratagem.

Noun : A remark intended to open a conversation.

gadfly

Noun : Any dipterous (“two-winged”) insect or fly of the family Oestridae (commonly known as a botfly) or Tabanidae (horsefly), noted for irritating animals by buzzing about them, and biting them to suck their blood; a gadbee.

Noun : (figurative, also attributive)

Noun : A person or thing that irritates or instigates.

gather

Verb : To collect normally separate things.

Verb : Especially, to harvest food.

Verb : To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.

gauntlet

Noun : Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.

Noun : A long glove covering the wrist.

Noun : (nautical) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.

gauche

Adjective : Awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling.

Adjective : (mathematics, archaic) Skewed, not plane.

Adjective : (chemistry) Describing a torsion angle of 60°.

garb

Noun : Fashion, style of dressing oneself up.

Noun : A type of dress or clothing.

Noun : (figurative) A guise, external appearance.

garment

Noun : A single item of clothing.

Noun : (figurative) The visible exterior in which a thing is invested or embodied.

Verb : (transitive) To clothe in a garment.

gaggle

Noun : (collective) A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.

Noun : (by extension) Any group or gathering of related things.

Verb : To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.

galore

Adjective : (postpositive) In abundance.

Noun : (archaic) An abundance; plenty.

gamy

Adjective : Alternative spelling of gamey [Having the smell, taste and texture of game meat.]

gaga

Adjective : (informal) Mentally senile.

Adjective : (informal) Crazy.

Adjective : (informal) Infatuated.

garden

Noun : An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

Noun : (in the plural) Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.

Noun : (attributive) Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.

gallantry

Noun : courage

Noun : chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women

Noun : an instance of gallant behaviour or speech

gamey

Adjective : Having the smell, taste and texture of game meat.

Adjective : Plucky, spirited or gritty.

Adjective : Risque, sordid or sexually suggestive.

gazed

Verb : (intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly.

Verb : (transitive, poetic) To stare at.

Noun : A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.

gaffer

Noun : (film) A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.

Noun : A glassblower.

Noun : Someone aboard a boat whose duty is to gaff a (large) fish once the angler has reeled it in.

gaffe

Noun : A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.

gambol

Verb : (intransitive) To move about playfully; to frolic.

Verb : (British, West Midlands) To do a forward roll.

Noun : An instance of running or skipping about playfully.

gauzy

Adjective : Resembling gauze; light, thin, translucent.

Adjective : (figurative) light; giving the effect of haze

Adjective : (figurative) vague or elusive

galliard

Noun : A lively dance, popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe.

Noun : (music) The triple-time music for this dance.

Noun : (dated) A brisk, merry person.

gallipot

Noun : A small, glazed earthenware jar once used by apothecaries for holding medicine and ointment.

Noun : (now rare) Someone who uses such pots; an apothecary.

gainly

Verb : Suitably; fitly; conveniently; readily.

Verb : Thoroughly; completely; (with adjectives) very.

Adjective : (UK dialectal) Proper; suitable; becoming.

gasping

Noun : The act by which one gasps.

Adjective : (UK, slang) Very thirsty

gazing

Noun : The act by which somebody gazes.

garnered

Noun : A granary; a store of grain.

Noun : An accumulation, supply, store, or hoard of something.

Verb : To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.

gamahuche

Noun : (slang, dated) Oral sex, especially cunnilingus.

Verb : (transitive, slang, dated) To perform oral sex, especially cunnilingus, on.

gait

Noun : Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving on legs.

Noun : (equestrianism) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.

Verb : To teach a specific gait to a horse.

gang

Verb : (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To go; walk; proceed.

Noun : A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.

Noun : A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.

gallop

Noun : The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.

Noun : An act or instance of going or running rapidly.

Noun : (cardiology) An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop.

gadget

Noun : (obsolete) A thing whose name cannot be remembered; thingamajig, doohickey.

Noun : Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated.

Noun : (informal) Any consumer electronics product.

gazetteer

Noun : (archaic or historical) A person who writes for a gazette or newspaper; a journalist; (specifically) a journalist engaged by a government.

Noun : (by extension, obsolete) A gazette, a newspaper.

Verb : Synonym of gazette (“to announce the status of (someone) in an official gazette”)

garble

Verb : To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.

Verb : To make false by mutilation or addition. [from 17th c.]

Verb : To corrupt; to make unreadable, incomprehensible, or unintelligible.

galvanizing

Noun : The process by which something is galvanized.

gavage

Noun : A process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras

Noun : A process of force-feeding cattle for veal

Noun : (medicine) Feeding by means of a tube passed into the stomach

gazump

Verb : (British) To swindle; to extort.

Verb : (British, Australia, real estate) To raise the selling price of something (especially property) after previously agreeing to a lower one.

Verb : (British, Australia, real estate) To buy a property by bidding more than the price of an existing, accepted offer.

gallantly

Verb : In a gallant or gentlemanly manner; with social graces.

Verb : In a brave or valiant manner.

gamine

Noun : A (usually female) street urchin; a homeless girl.

Noun : A mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman.

Adjective : (of a girl) Having a boyish, mischievous charm; elfish, typically with short hair.

gawd

Noun : Pronunciation spelling of god. [A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.]

gawked

Noun : A cuckoo.

Noun : A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.

Verb : To stare or gape stupidly.

gagging for it

Adjective : Having a strong desire for something; especially sex.

Adjective : Sexually aroused.

gay dog

Noun : (colloquial, dated) A womanizer.

gateway

Noun : A passage that can be closed by use of a gate.

Noun : A place regarded as giving access to somewhere.

Noun : Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.

gamut

Noun : A (normally) complete range.

Noun : (music) All the notes in a musical scale.

Noun : All the colours that can be presented by a device such as a monitor or printer.

garland

Noun : A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.

Noun : An accolade or mark of honour.

Noun : (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.

gadabout

Noun : A person who restlessly moves from place to place, seeking amusement or the companionship of others.

gaoler

Noun : (Commonwealth, dated) Alternative spelling of jailer [One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.]

galatea

Noun : (textiles) A strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave.

Noun : (Greek mythology) Galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus.

Noun : (Greek mythology) Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.

gaucherie

Noun : (countable) A socially tactless or awkward act.

Noun : (uncountable) Lack of tact; tactlessness; awkwardness.

gang up

Verb : (idiomatic) To join together, as a gang.

gasped

Verb : (intransitive) To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.

Verb : (intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant.

Verb : (transitive) To speak in a breathless manner.

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