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guy

guy 1
A rope, cord, or cable used to steady, guide, or secure something.

to guy 1
to steady, guide, or secure with a rope, cord, or cable.

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guy 2
A man; a fellow. (guys: persons of either sex)

A person of odd or grotesque appearance or dress.
often Guy An effigy of Guy Fawkes paraded through the streets of English towns and burned on Guy Fawkes Day.

to guy 2
To hold up to ridicule; mock.
 
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gypsum

= A common white or colourless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris)
 
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amenity

= Pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions

"he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age"
 
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gay

Nowadays a synonym for being homosexual

Former meaning was being "carefree", "happy", or "bright and showy".

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plage

1. A sandy beach at a seaside resort.
2. A bright and intensely hot area in the sun's chromosphere, usually associated with a sunspot.
 
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appendix

1.
a. An appendage.
b. A collection of supplementary material, usually at the end of a book.

2. The vermiform appendix.
3. Anatomy A supplementary or accessory part of a bodily organ or structure.
 
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gear

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a. A toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, that meshes with another toothed part to transmit motion or to change speed or direction.
b. A complete assembly that performs a specific function in a larger machine.
c. A transmission configuration for a specific ratio of engine to axle torque in a motor vehicle.

2. Equipment, such as tools or clothing, used for a particular activity: fishing gear.

3.
a. Clothing and accessories: the latest gear for teenagers.
b. Personal belongings, including clothing: keeps her gear in a trunk.

4. The harness for a horse.

5. Nautical
a. A ship's rigging.
b. A sailor's personal effects.
 
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gun

A weapon consisting of a metal tube from which a projectile is fired at high velocity into a relatively flat trajectory

verb:

to shoot (a person) - the robber was gunned down by the sheriff

to hunt (game)

to open the throttle (of an engine) so as to accelerate: gunned the engine and sped off.
 
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gat

A narrow passage extending inland from a shore; a channel.

Slang A pistol.

Archaic
A past tense of get
 
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gore

To pierce or stab with a horn or tusk.

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A triangular or tapering piece of cloth forming a part of something, as in a skirt or sail.
A small triangular piece of land.

To provide with a gore.
To cut into a gore.

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Blood, especially coagulated blood from a wound.
 
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geisha

= A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing
 
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tanga

a triangular loincloth worn by indigenous peoples in tropical America
a type of very brief bikini


Tanga

a port in Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean
 
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Tango

= A ballroom dance of Latin-American origin

= Music written in duple time for dancing the tango

= Dance a tango (verb)
 
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