gow
pronunciation
How to pronounce gow in British English:
UK [gaʊ]
How to pronounce gow in American English:
US [gaʊ]
Word Origin
- gow (n.)
- 1915, "opium," from Cantonese yao-kao "opium," literally "drug-sap;" used as such by Raymond Chandler, etc.; by 1950s the meaning had expanded to "pictures of nude or scantily clad women," hence gow job "flashy girl," which in teenager slang came to also mean "hot rod."
Example
- 1. Mama found online pai gow .
- 2. And I don 't know what pai gow is .
- 3. Casino palazzo also features the pai gow poker .
- 4. I slap on one of those gow .
- 5. Johnson was deported and gow returned to scotland after the trial .