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verb

Gee v. t. (Written also jee) To cause (a team) to turn to the off side, or from the driver.

Gee v. i. (past & past part. geed; pres. part. geeing)

To agree; to harmonize. (Colloq. or Prov. Eng.)

To turn to the off side, or from the driver (i.e., in the United States, to the right side); said of cattle, or a team; used most frequently in the imperative, often with off, by drivers of oxen, in directing their teams, and opposed to haw, or hoi. (Written also jee) Note: In England, the teamster walks on the right-hand side of the cattle; in the United States, on the left-hand side. In all cases, however, gee means to turn from the driver, and haw to turn toward him.

Gee ho, or Gee whoa. Same as Gee.

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"Gee" Quotes from Famous Books

... Dobbin, and the unexpected issue of that contest, will long be remembered by every man who was educated at Dr. Swishtail's famous school. The latter Youth (who used to be called Heigh-ho Dobbin, Gee-ho Dobbin, and by many other names indicative of puerile contempt) was the quietest, the clumsiest, and, as it seemed, the dullest of all Dr. Swishtail's young gentlemen. His parent was a grocer in the city: and it was bruited abroad that he was admitted into ...

— Vanity Fair • William Makepeace Thackeray

... stuff out to the sand-box," he suggested. "We can make a real beach, with shells and everything. Gee, you must have had fun at ...

— Sunny Boy in the Big City • Ramy Allison White

... probably unaware that he was giving utterance to his thoughts. "That was a sharp rock! Durn if thar's a inch o' skin left on my knee. Whut is it Scott ses? 'An' broken arms and disarray marked the fell havoc of the day.' Gee! if Mariar cud only see me now, ...

— My Lady of the North • Randall Parrish

... gee you again the day after to-morrow, Sunday," said Lady Eleanor, as they prepared to start. "We are going to Ashleigh Church, and will lunch at Mr. Smith's—he says ...

— A Child of the Glens - or, Elsie's Fortune • Edward Newenham Hoare

... these men should not use their Christian names, but as they were accustomed to hearing all the section laborers and every harvester called by a "monicker" or "name-de-rail", they kept their thoughts to themselves, and Joe, after listening to these instructions gleefully remarked: "Gee, I wish that you would give each of us a hobo name the same as you have." After some discussion they nicknamed Joe, "Dakota Joe" ...

— The Trail of the Tramp • A-No. 1 (AKA Leon Ray Livingston)

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