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# gee

interjection (gee — informal, mostly US); verb (gee up — UK, to a horse)

«gee» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal, US) Gee is a word showing surprise, delight or mild annoyance, like "wow" or "oh". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gee/#m1)
2. "Gee up" is what riders say to make a horse go faster; (UK, informal) to gee someone up means to encourage them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gee/#m2)
3. Gee is the name of the letter G. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gee/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday North American talk and in old films and comics: "Gee, thanks!" "Gee whiz!" A mild polite exclamation that children may say. Phrases: gee whiz, gee thanks, gee up.

### Examples

- Gee, that's a big dog! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gee/#x1)
- "Gee, thanks for the present!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gee/#x2)
- Gee whiz, look at all that snow! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gee/#x3)
- "Gee up!" shouted the farmer to his horse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gee/#x4)
- The coach geed the team up at half-time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gee/#x5)
- Gee, I wish I could come too. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gee/#x6)
- "Gee up! gee up!" he cried; "now we've got him!" But here a stream crossed the road, and the stag plunged into the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gee/#x7)

### Note

Informal; not for formal writing. It is a mild word that started as a polite way to avoid saying "Jesus". Do not confuse with "ghee" (butter used in Indian cooking) or "g" (grams).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gee» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gee/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gee» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gee.html) on Mova free.