gear vs gee

gear

verb
  • To dress; to put gear on; to harness. 

  • To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio. 

  • To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose). 

  • To borrow money in order to invest it in assets. 

  • To be in, or come into, gear. 

noun
  • Recreational drugs, including steroids. 

  • Clothing; garments. 

  • A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a gear wheel. 

  • A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque. 

  • Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor. 

  • A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved. 

adj
  • great or fantastic 

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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