This page gathers the 5,895 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “UK” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 22 of 59: from “ginger” to “governor”.
- ginger adj Very careful or cautious; also, delicate, sensitive.
- ginger minger noun A person who has red hair.
- gingernut noun A hard biscuit, flavoured with powdered ginger, often dunked in tea.
- gingham noun An umbrella.
- gippo noun A Gypsy.
- gipsy noun Dated spelling of gypsy.
- girl noun A roebuck two years old.
- girl racer noun A young woman who drives recklessly fast, especially one who participates in gatherings of car-culture enthusiasts and/or in illegal street…
- giro noun An unemployment benefit cheque.
- git noun A silly, incompetent, stupid, or annoying person (usually a man).
- give it large verb To verbally abuse or intimidate.
- give it some welly verb To increase fuel or power to an engine, as to a car by depressing the gas pedal.
- give out verb To complain, sulk, chastise.
- give over verb To give up; abandon; stop.
- give someone the boot verb To fire, sack, or eject someone.
- give someone the heave-ho verb To fire, expel or break up with someone.
- give the bird verb To boo and jeer (at someone), especially to express displeasure at a performer.
- gizzing verb Grinning and laughing at someone.
- glass verb To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
- glasshouse noun A military prison.
- glebe farm noun A home farm owned by a parish, assigned as part of a benefice to a parish priest, pastor, rector, or vicar to provide them with income.
- glib noun A person's mouth or tongue.
- glime verb To glance (at); to look sideways.
- gloppen verb To be in fear; gaze in alarm or astonishment; look downcast
- glossy noun A glossy magazine.
- glut noun Five goals scored by one player in a game.
- glutch verb To swallow.
- go verb Clipping of go to the.
- go along noun A person duped into accompanying thieves during a robbery.
- go country verb To take part in a county line scheme for drug distribution.
- go down verb To be pleasant, etc., when eaten or drunk.
- go for a burton verb To be killed.
- go nap verb To risk everything on a single chance or to bet heavily on a particular outcome.
- go off verb To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way.
- go off the boil verb To cease to boil when heat is no longer applied.
- go on intj Yes; okay; it's a deal.
- go order noun A police order that temporarily bans a perpetrator of domestic violence from the family home, preventing the victim from having to flee.
- go out verb To be broadcast.
- go over verb To pat down (someone) and then rob them.
- go potty verb To go crazy: to become insane.
- go short verb To have an insufficient amount.
- go spare verb To become very angry; to become frustrated or distraught: see spare.
- go through the mill verb To go through bankruptcy.
- go to earth verb Of a hunted animal, to hide underground.
- go to ground verb Of an animal, to escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted.
- go up verb To attend university.
- go walkabout verb To go missing from its usual place; to be lost or stolen.
- go-slow noun A period of time spent in an unusually slow fashion.
- goat noun A member of the "government of all the talents" proposed by British prime minister Gordon Brown.
- gob noun The mouth.
- gob off verb Synonym of shoot one's mouth off.
- gob stick noun A spoon.
- gobby noun An act of fellatio.
- gobful noun A mouthful.
- gobshite noun One who engages in nonsensical chatter or unwanted conversation.
- God botherer noun A person who persistently promotes religious beliefs to others, even when unwelcome.
- God Save the King intj An expression of one’s patriotism and hope for the long life of the monarch, especially in his presence.
- God Save the Queen intj An expression of one’s patriotism and hope for the long life of the monarch, especially in her presence.
- godsend noun The wreck of a ship which has washed up on shore, from which cargo, timber, etc., may be obtained.
- Godwilling noun A printed circular sent in advance by a travelling salesman to customers, naming the dates on which he hoped to visit them.
- goer noun A person, often a woman, who enjoys sexual activity.
- goffer noun soft drink; non-alcoholic drink
- gog noun Synonym of North Walian: a person from North Wales.
- goit noun A small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills.
- gold stick noun The gilded or gold-head staff carried on state occasions by the bearer, or presented to the colonel of a regiment of Life Guards.
- golden adj Fine, without problems.
- golden syrup noun A pale amber-coloured treacle produced as part of the process of refining cane sugar, used in cooking and as a spread.
- goldfinch noun A sovereign (the coin).
- goldie noun The golden eagle.
- golding noun The corn marigold (Glebionis segetum).
- Golgotha noun A hat.
- golly noun A galosh.
- gone prep Past, after, later than (a time).
- gong noun A medal or award, particularly Knight Bachelor.
- gonk noun A prostitute's client.
- good as gold adj Of a person, very well-behaved (especially of a child); very good-hearted (especially of an adult).
- good cess noun Good luck, favourable outcome, happiness
- good job noun a good thing.
- good on someone intj An exclamation of encouragement or congratulation: well done.
- good value noun Someone who is friendly and easy-going.
- gooden verb To grow; improve; prosper.
- goodo intj Good; used to show approval or satisfaction.
- goods noun Freight, as opposed to passengers.
- goolie chit noun A document addressed to civilians in a combat zone offering a reward for safe return of a downed airman.
- goolies noun The testicles.
- gooly noun singular of goolies: a testicle.
- goon noun A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.
- goon baiting noun In Nazi Germany, the practice among prisoners of war of deliberately annoying the guards, for example by allowing them to eavesdrop on…
- goose verb Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not booked a cab, in violation of UK licensing conditions.
- gooseberry noun An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.
- gooseberryish adj Of a person: feeling neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.
- goozer verb To kiss.
- gorger noun Someone who is not a Romani, Sinti, Gypsy, or Traveller.
- gorget noun A hake caught in a net set for other fish.
- gorilla noun 1000 pounds sterling or dollar.
- gorm verb To gawk; to stare or gape.
- gote noun A drainage pipe.
- goth noun A member of an alternative subculture based around rock music.
- gound noun Mucus produced by the eyes during sleep.
- governor noun Term of address to a man.