collects and is carried away
to drains Ph®
3
the
gutter [sing]
the bad social conditions or low moral standards sometimes connected with the
lowest level of society
P4M : She rose from the
gutter to become a great star.
o the language of
the
gutter (= used when
swearing) )
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verb [V] (literary) (of a flame or candle A ‘J4i b5i M) to
burn in an unsteady way ; M'XX'fil
gut ter ing /'gAtari 13/ noun [U] the
system of gutters on a building; the material used to make gutters ( I|$l%
a length of guttering 1$ itj]®
the .gutter 'press noun [sing.] (disapproving) newspapers that print a lot of
shocking stories about people’s private lives rather than serious news flj @
yfcMmk"
gutter-snipe /'gAtasnaip; NAmE -tars-/ noun
(informal, disapproving) a poor and dirty child ; Ml
mi
guttural /'gAtaral/ adj. (of a sound made or
seeming to be made at the
back of the throat ( IU ) uf! |h]
^ i±S W: guttural consonants iff o a low guttural growl
'gut-wrench-ing adj. (informal)
very unpleasant; making you feel very upset f§] Pf P (ft; # [ft;
A BiMM
guv /gAv/ exclamation (BrE, informal) used by a man to
address another man who is a customer, etc., meaning ‘sir’ () **. guv’nor /'gAvna(r)/ noun
(BrE, informal) (often used as a way of addressing sb # M Rf) a man who is in a position of authority, for example
your employer % $si; AJL: Do you
want me to ask the guv’nor about it? 14ihfc *ft] ft] ? — see
also governor guy OTt /gai/ noun
1
[C] (informal) a man H A ; * ik A
; % \'k : a big/nice/tough guy A t ft? A; tff/fikX; 64
0 a Dutch guy Infill A
0 At the end of the film the bad guy gets shot. JtlpM04l&itio —see
also fall guy, wise guy 2 guys [p|.] (informal, especially NAmE) a group of people
of either sex — A ( s$L~k A ) ; Mi+CI; 5lk> ( ) O: Come on, you guys,
let’s get going! 1A A
, \‘K it 111, &B 111 A PE ' 3 [C] (in
m 5 ) 4 (also
'guy
rope) [c]
a rope used to keep a pole or tent in a vertical position ( 5l¥- IPTC1 see Mr abbr.
Guy Fawkes night
/'gai
forks nait/ noun [U, C] Bonfire Night
guzzle /'gAzl/ verb (informal, usually disapproving)
to drink sth quickly and in large amounts. In British English it also means to
eat food quickly and in large amounts. Eft; fiǤ; fHA
( ) &#jfcn0:
[VN]
The kids seem to be guzzling soft drinks all day. -Till H A o o (figurative) My car guzzles
fuel, ft 64 o [also V]
guzzler /'gAzla(r)/ noun (informal, especially
NAmE)
= GAS GUZZLER
gweilo /'gweilau; NAmE -lou/ noun (pi.
-os)
(SEAsianE)
used
in
taHAA ) tblto,
gybe (especially BrE) (NAmE usually jibe) /d3aib/ verb, noun
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verb [V] to change direction when sailing with
the wind behind you, by swinging the sail from one side of the boat to the
other ( jl®M04f£$&ififlA—
$£ftM;%—) &$A[pb ftw
noun an act of gybing JS&W.M.—ftiE
gym /d3im/ noun (informal) 1 (also formal gym-na-sium) [c] a room or hall with equipment for doing physical
exercise, for example in a school |i # ; W W ft: to
play basketball in the gym 0 The school
has recently built a new gym.
ttc 2 [U] physical
exercises done in a gym, especially at school ( Ait^$£[ft ) I don’t enjoy gym.
o gym shoes 3 [C] = health
club : I just joined a gym. ft ® in A 7 H H 1ft A 0
o I work out at the gym most days.
gym-khana /d3im'ka:n0/ noun (BrE) an event in which people riding horses take part in
various competitions
%B,£; 13, Attn
gym-na-sium /d3im'neizi0m/ noun (pi. gym-na-siums or gym-na-sia /-zia/) (formal) = gym gym-nast /'d3imnaest/ noun a person who performs gymnastics, especially in a
competition M
gym nas tics /d3im'naestiks/ noun [U] physical exercises that develop and show the body’s
strength and ability to move and bend easily, often done as a sport in
competitions # ^4l| : a gymnastics competi
tion 1# tt n 0 (figurative) mental/verbal gymnastics (=
quick or clever thinking or use of words) HA /
—picture o page
R31 ► gym-nas-tic adj. [only before noun]
'gym
shoe noun (BrE) = plimsoll gym-slip /'d3imslip/ noun (BrE) a dress without sleeves worn over a shirt as a school
uniform for girls, especially in the past AlSAttfA ( At!IH ) W
mz
gy naecolo gist (BrE) (NAmE gyne-colo-gist) /.gaina- 'knl0d3ist; NAmE -'kail-/ noun a doctor who studies
and treats the medical conditions and diseases of women
mm*.; aw
gynaecology (BrE) (NAmE gynecology) /.gaina- 'knl0d3i; NAmE -'kail-/ noun [U] the scientific study
and treatment of the medical conditions and diseases of women, especially those
connected with sexual reproduction fQ f4 ^; 13 44 ► gynaecological
(BrE) (NAmE gyne-) /,gain0ka'lDd3ikl; NAmE -'la:d3-/
adj. : a gynaecological examination i344^S: gyP /d3ip/
noun, verb
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noun [sing.] (NAmE, informal) an act of charging too
much money for sth jt&f'rfl: That meal was a real gyp.
gisfctttio K1 give sb 'gyp (BrE, informal) to cause sb a lot of
pain A; My
back’s been giving me gyp lately.
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verb (-PP-) [VN] (especially NAmE) to cheat or trick sb,
especially by taking their money iA®
gyp-sum /'d3ips0m/ noun [U] a soft white mineral like chalk that is found naturally and is used in making PLASTER OF PARIS A#
Gypsy (also Gipsy) /'d3ipsi/ noun (pi. -ies) (sometimes offensive) a member of a race of people, originally from
— see also Romany
— compare traveller gyr-ate /d3ai'reit; NAmE 'd3aireit/
verb to move around in circles; to make sth, especially a
part of your body, move around jH$t; ffzft:
[V]
They began gyrating to the
music.
ft A o o The leaves gyrated slowly to the ground, fafof $Eftlrlf o [VN] As the lead singer
gyrated
his hips, the crowd screamed wildly,
04, AnH&A, ► gyration/dsai'reijn/
noun [C, usually pi., U]
gyro-scope /'dsairaskaop; NAmE -skoup/ (also informal gyro /'d3airau; NAmE -rou/) noun a device consisting of
a wheel that spins rapidly inside a frame and does not change position when the
frame is moved. Gyroscopes are often used to keep ships and aircraft steady.
Pt* $!
® ft iX ► gyro-scop-ic
/^aira’skDpik;
NAmE -'skarpik/ adj.