bore vs gee

bore

verb
  • To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.). 

  • simple past tense of bear 

  • To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through. 

  • To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool. 

  • To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort. 

  • To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns. 

  • To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus. 

  • To make a hole through something. 

  • To inspire boredom in somebody. 

  • simple past tense of bare 

noun
  • Something dull or uninteresting. 

  • A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave. 

  • The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter. 

  • One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person. 

  • Calibre; importance. 

  • A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter. 

  • A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. 

  • The place where such a well exists. 

  • A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring. 

gee

verb
  • Of a horse, pack animal, etc.: to move forward; go faster; or turn in a direction away from the driver, typically to the right. 

  • To cause an animal to move in this way. 

  • To suit or fit. 

noun
  • A guy. 

  • A gee-gee, a horse. 

  • The name of the Latin-script letter G. 

  • Vagina, vulva. 

intj
  • A command to a horse, pack animal, etc., which may variously mean “move forward”, “go faster”, or “turn to the right”. 

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