cane vs gee

cane

verb
  • to do something well, in a competent fashion 

  • to destroy; to comprehensively defeat 

  • To make or furnish with cane or rattan. 

  • to strike or beat with a cane or similar implement 

  • to produce extreme pain 

noun
  • Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar 

  • Sugar cane 

  • The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae 

  • A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment. 

  • A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick 

  • Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like 

  • A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking 

  • A local European measure of length; the canna. 

  • Corporal punishment by beating with a cane. 

  • A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path 

  • A lance or dart made of cane 

  • The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed 

gee

verb
  • To suit or fit. 

  • To cause an animal to move in this way. 

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

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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