📖 G — The English dictionary · page 18

gondolier — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who rows or steers a gondola in Venice, standing at the back and pushing with one long oar.↗ Example: The gondolier pushed the boat away from the steps.↗ · Our gondolier wore a striped shirt and a straw hat.↗ · Gondoliers train for years to steer through the narrow canals.↗ · The gondolier called out before turning the corner.↗ · She dreams of being the first gondolier in her family.↗ · The gondolier sang an Italian song.↗

gong — Everyday, meaning 1: A gong is a round metal plate that is struck with a stick to make a loud, ringing sound.↗ Example: The gong sounded for dinner.↗ · He hit the gongs one after another.↗ · The servant struck the gong to call the guests.↗

goo — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) A sticky, wet, soft substance, like slime, glue or melted cheese.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Too much soppy, sentimental feeling, as in «romantic goo».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Baby talk, as in «goo goo ga ga».↗ Example: My hands were covered in sticky goo from the slime.↗ · The alien left a trail of green goo.↗ · Cornflour and water make a strange goo.↗ · The cake had chocolate goo in the middle.↗ · The baby gurgled «goo goo».↗ · The film was full of soppy goo.↗ · That's the opinion of most of them down there, and the opinion is goo-goo-good!"↗

goober — Everyday, meaning 1: A goober is a peanut, a word used in parts of the southern United States.↗ Example: The fox stole the goobers from the field.↗ · They planted goobers in the ground.↗

good — Everyday, meaning 1: Of high quality, done well.↗ e.g. "a good drawing".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Kind, right and honest.↗ e.g. "a good person".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Pleasant or enjoyable.↗ e.g. "a good time".↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Healthy or helpful.↗ e.g. "Vegetables are good for you."↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Behaving well.↗ e.g. "Be good."↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Able to do something well.↗ e.g. "good at maths".↗ Everyday, meaning 7: "Goods" means things that are made and sold.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: Good morning, good afternoon and good evening are greetings you say when you meet someone.↗ Example: That was a good game.↗ · She is good at maths.↗ · Carrots are good for you.↗ · Be good while I am out.↗ · Have a good day!↗ · He is a good friend.↗ · The shop sells goods from many countries.↗ · They moved away for good.↗ · "Good morning, Little Red-Cap," he said.↗ · And the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears.↗ (Torah GEN.41.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And Moses' father-in-law said unto him: 'The thing that thou doest is not good.↗ (Torah EXO.18.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life.↗ (Torah LEV.24.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Shall evil be recompensed for good?↗ (Prophets JER.18.20, JPS 1917)↗ · Remember me, O my God, for good.↗ (Writings NEH.13.31, JPS 1917)↗ · This thing is not good that thou hast done.↗ (Prophets 1SA.26.16, JPS 1917)↗

goodbye — Everyday, meaning 1: Goodbye is what you say when you leave someone or when they leave.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A goodbye is the act of saying this: a sad goodbye.↗ Example: Say goodbye to Grandma before we leave.↗ · Goodbye!↗ See you tomorrow!↗ · We waved goodbye to Dad at the station.↗ · Saying goodbye to my best friend was very sad.↗ · It's polite to say goodbye when you hang up the phone.↗ · We said a last goodbye to our old dog.↗ · «Goodbye, Miss Clark!» the children called.↗ · Bye-bye, little kitten!↗ · So, goodbye for the present, you will soon see me back.”↗

goodly — Everyday, meaning 1: (old-fashioned) A goodly amount means quite a large amount.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old, Bible) Goodly means good-looking, fine or pleasant.↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: fine, handsome or pleasing to see.↗ Example: A goodly crowd turned up for the school fair.↗ · Grandpa saved a goodly sum for his holiday.↗ · We waited a goodly while for the bus.↗ · (Bible) «I have a goodly heritage.»↗ · In the old tale, the prince rode to a goodly castle.↗ · The cake was a goodly size.↗ · A nobleman went hunting one autumn, and with him went a goodly train of huntsmen.↗ · Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.↗ (Torah GEN.49.21, JPS 1917)↗ · How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel!↗ (Torah NUM.24.5, JPS 1917)↗ · lest when thou hast eaten and art satisfied, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; (Torah DEU.8.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Now he was ruddy, and withal of beautiful eyes, and goodly to look upon.↗ (Prophets 1SA.16.12, JPS 1917)↗ · The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.↗ (Writings PSA.16.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the maidens love thee.↗ (Writings SNG.1.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.↗ (Torah GEN.49.21, JPS 1917) · The garden bloomed with a goodly show of the fairest roses.↗ (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel!↗ (Torah NUM.24.5, JPS 1917)

goodness — Everyday, meaning 1: Goodness is the quality of being good, kind and honest.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Goodness is the healthy part of food that does you good.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «Goodness!» or «My goodness!» is said to show surprise.↗ Example: My goodness, look how tall you've grown!↗ · Thank goodness you're safe!↗ · She helped out of the goodness of her heart.↗ · Vegetables are full of goodness.↗ · For goodness' sake, close the door!↗ · Goodness knows where I put my keys.↗ · The story is about goodness winning over evil.↗ · Her patience and goodness were rewarded at last.↗ · And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed: 'The LORD, the LORD, God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth; (Torah EXO.34.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, in that He had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.↗ (Torah EXO.18.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Goodness distinguishes evil and evil distinguishes goodness; goodness is kept for the good and evil is kept for the evil.↗ [6:3] Three, but each one stands alone.↗ 7 divided: Three opposite Three, with an edict deciding between them.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness; and Thy paths drop fatness.↗ (Writings PSA.65.12, JPS 1917)↗ · For how great is their goodness, and how great is their beauty!↗ (Prophets ZEC.9.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Thy flock settled therein; Thou didst prepare in Thy goodness for the poor, O God.↗ (Writings PSA.68.11, JPS 1917)↗

goody — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Goodies are nice things, especially treats such as sweets, cakes or small presents.↗ e.g. "a bag of goodies".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A goody is a good character in a story or film, the opposite of a baddie.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, childish) "Goody!" is a happy shout meaning "great!".↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal, unkind) A goody-goody is a child who always tries to look good to grown-ups, in a smug way.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Goody was an old polite title for an ordinary woman, like "Mrs".↗ Example: Every guest got a goody bag at the party.↗ · Gran brought a box of goodies from the bakery.↗ · In the film, the goodies win in the end.↗ · "We're having pizza tonight." "↗ Oh goody!"↗ · He's such a goody-goody, always telling the teacher.↗ · Let's play goodies and baddies in the park.↗

gooey — Everyday, meaning 1: Soft, sticky and wet: gooey chocolate cake.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Too sweet and sentimental, full of soppy feelings: a gooey love song.↗ Example: The brownies were warm and gooey in the middle.↗ · My hands got gooey making slime.↗ · The pizza had gooey melted cheese.↗ · Gran went all gooey when she saw the puppy.↗ · Toasted marshmallows are gooey inside.↗ · The film was too gooey for my brother.↗

goofy — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Silly, clumsy and funny in a harmless way.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Having big, sticking-out front teeth: a goofy grin.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) Goofy, the tall, clumsy Disney cartoon dog.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (surfing, skateboarding) Goofy-footed: riding with the right foot forward.↗ Example: My dad does a goofy dance at weddings.↗ · She made a goofy face for the class photo.↗ · Goofy and Mickey went fishing in the cartoon.↗ · We laughed at his goofy jokes all day.↗ · I skate goofy, with my right foot forward.↗ · The puppy is goofy and keeps tripping over its ears.↗

google — Everyday, meaning 1: Google is a large technology company and its search engine, a website used to find information on the internet (a name).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To google something is to search for it on the internet, especially using Google: «I googled the answer».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths, old) A «googol» (spelled differently) is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros; the company's name was a play on that word.↗ Example: I googled how tall a giraffe is.↗ · Just google it if you don't know.↗ · Mum used Google Maps to find the way.↗ · Not everything you find on Google is true.↗ · Type your keywords into the search box.↗ · She googled pictures of the planets for her project.↗ · Google's mission is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Google Book Search helps readers discover the world's books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

googly — Everyday, meaning 1: Googly eyes are big round eyes that stick out, or the toy plastic eyes with a loose black dot that wobbles.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In cricket, a googly is a tricky ball bowled by a spin bowler that turns the opposite way from what the batter expects.↗ Example: We stuck googly eyes on our sock puppets.↗ · The monster in the picture had huge googly eyes.↗ · The spin bowler fooled the batter with a googly.↗ · My little brother made a rock pet with two googly eyes.↗ · The batter expected the ball to turn left, but it was a googly.↗ · The frog's eyes looked all googly when it jumped.↗

goose — Everyday, meaning 1: A goose is a big bird with a long neck and webbed feet that swims and lives on farms or near water.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A male goose is a gander and a baby goose is a gosling.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Goose bumps (goosebumps) are little bumps on your skin when you are cold or scared.↗ Example: There are 12 geese on the lake.↗ · 5 geese flew away.↗ · Ducks and geese have 30 legs.↗ · One goose and 7 ducks.↗ · A goose has 2 legs and webbed feet.↗ · Geese fly south in a V-shape in autumn.↗ · The goose that laid the golden eggs made the farmer rich.↗ · The scary story gave me goosebumps.↗ · Give me a fine fat goose.’↗

gooseberry — Everyday, meaning 1: A small, round, sour green or reddish fruit with fine hairs and stripes that grows on a prickly bush.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK, informal) «Play gooseberry» means to be the third person with a couple who want to be alone.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Cape gooseberry: a different small orange fruit in a papery case.↗ Example: We picked gooseberries from Grandad's prickly bush.↗ · Gooseberries are very sour unless you cook them with sugar.↗ · Mum made a gooseberry crumble.↗ · I didn't want to play gooseberry, so I left my sister and her boyfriend alone.↗ · Cape gooseberries are orange and sweet.↗ · The gooseberry bush scratched my arms.↗

goosebump — Everyday, meaning 1: Goosebumps are tiny bumps that appear on your skin when you are cold, scared or very excited.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Something that «gives you goosebumps» makes you feel thrilled, scared or deeply moved.↗ Example: I got goosebumps when I jumped into the cold pool.↗ · The spooky story gave everyone goosebumps.↗ · Her arms were covered in goosebumps in the chilly wind.↗ · Hearing the choir sing gave me goosebumps.↗ · Goosebumps happen when tiny muscles make your hairs stand up.↗ · A cat's fur puffs up for the same reason we get goosebumps.↗

gop — Everyday, meaning 1: GOP: short for «Grand Old Party», a nickname for the Republican Party, one of the two main political parties in the United States.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Not an English word on its own in lower case; it appears in news as GOP.↗ Example: The GOP is another name for the Republican Party.↗ · News headlines often say «GOP» to save space.↗ · The GOP's symbol is an elephant.↗ · Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president.↗ · GOP and Democratic leaders argued about the new law.↗

gopher — Everyday, meaning 1: A small North American burrowing animal with large cheek pouches, which digs tunnels and eats plant roots (pocket gopher).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (US, Canada) A name also used for ground squirrels.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) A person who runs small errands for others («go for» this, «go for» that), also spelled gofer.↗ Example: A gopher dug tunnels all over the farmer's field.↗ · Gophers carry food in pouches in their cheeks.↗ · Watch out for gopher holes when you run on the prairie.↗ · The film studio hired a gopher to fetch coffee.↗ · The Go language's mascot is a cute blue gopher.↗ · In Canada, people call ground squirrels gophers.↗ · Make thee an ark of gopher wood; with rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.↗ (Torah GEN.6.14, JPS 1917)↗

gore — Everyday, meaning 1: Thick blood from a wound, especially lots of it, as in violent films.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To gore means to wound someone with a horn or tusk: the bull gored the farmer.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (sewing) A gore is a triangular piece of cloth sewn into a skirt, sail or umbrella to make it wider.↗ Example: The film was too scary, full of blood and gore.↗ · The farmer was gored by an angry bull.↗ · The rhino can gore a lion with its horn.↗ · Horror films are full of gore.↗ · The skirt has six gores, so it swirls when you spin.↗ · That video game is rated 18 because of the gore.↗ · A BULL finding a lion’s cub asleep gored him to death with his horns.↗ · Whether it have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.↗ (Torah EXO.21.31, JPS 1917)↗ · If the ox gore a bondman or a bondwoman, he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.↗ (Torah EXO.21.32, JPS 1917)↗ · And if an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die, the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.↗ (Torah EXO.21.28, JPS 1917)↗ · And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said: 'Thus saith the LORD: With these shalt thou gore the Arameans, until they be consumed.'↗ (Prophets 1KI.22.11, JPS 1917)↗