gage
pronunciation
How to pronounce gage in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce gage in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- street names for marijuana
- a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
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- Verb:
- place a bet on
Word Origin
- gage (n.)
- "a pledge, a pawn, something valuable deposited to insure performance," especially "something thrown down as a token of challenge," c. 1300, from Old French gage "pledge (of battle), security, guarantee; pay, reward" (11c.), from Frankish *wadja-, from Proto-Germanic *wadi- (see wed). Italian gaggio, Spanish and Portuguese gage are French loan-words.
- gage (v.)
- c. 1400, "to deposit as security," from Old French gager, gagier "to guarantee, promise, pledge, swear; bet, wager; pay," from gage "security, pledge" (see gage (n.)). Related: Gaged; gaging. For the measuring sense, see gauge (v.).
Example
- 1. If you need somebody to talk to , why don 't you call johnny gage ?
- 2. A unique example of the slack diaphragm is the draft gage .
- 3. For several years , gage scraped out a living from a combination of teaching gigs , speaking engagements and game sales - with game sales being the least reliable contributor .
- 4. " You 're awfully nice to me , " I said . The nurse called miss gage giggled .
- 5. I hear mr. gage have a girlfriend . Oh , really ? That 's too bad .