This page gathers the 6,610 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “US” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 26 of 66: from “gin up” to “grange”.
- gin up verb To generate, devise, or create.
- gina noun The female equivalent of a gino.
- ginger adj Very careful or cautious; also, delicate, sensitive.
- gingersnap noun A hot-tempered person, particularly one who is red-haired.
- gingery adj Ginger, inhibited, cautious.
- gino noun A person of Mediterranean (especially Italian) descent, stereotypically regarded as shallow and materialistic.
- girl noun Cocaine, especially in powder form.
- Girl Scout noun A member of the Girl Scouts, a worldwide youth organization for girls, known as Girl Guides in Commonwealth countries.
- girther noun One who believed that Donald Trump was shorter and heavier than suggested by his presidential physical examination in 2018.
- git along intj Move; keep going.
- give up adj Become fully taken over by a certain quality, activity, trait, etc.
- glamor noun Uncommon spelling of glamour.
- glare adj smooth and bright or translucent; glary
- glazed noun A glazed donut, one with a coating such as sugar or chocolate.
- glizzy noun A Glock, a handgun.
- globalize verb To internationalize to a worldwide or near-worldwide degree.
- glorified rice noun A dessert salad made from rice, crushed pineapple, and whipped cream, often decorated with maraschino cherries.
- gloss noun An interpretation by a court of a specific point within a statute or case law.
- glow verb To be involved in an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies.
- glycemia noun Presence of glucose in the blood (which is always true), and (usually, more specifically) average concentration thereof over time, and its…
- gnarly adj Dangerous; difficult.
- go verb To fight.
- go country verb To adopt or further embrace the culture of country life or country music.
- go off the reservation verb To break with one's party or group, usually temporarily.
- go postal verb To become aggressive and erratic, especially due to stress; specifically, to carry out a shooting spree at a workplace environment; also…
- go to the bathroom verb Synonym of use the toilet: to urinate or defecate, especially (but not exclusively) while visiting a bathroom.
- go underground verb To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted.
- go west verb To move to the American West, particularly (historical) during the 19th century era.
- go-devil noun A gadget or unspecified device, in various industries.
- gob noun A whoopie pie.
- goback noun An emigrant heading west on the Oregon Trail who gave up and turned back to the east.
- gold star noun A relative of a U.S. soldier when the latter has been killed in action.
- goldarn adj goddamn
- goldback noun A kind of gold certificate with an orange back.
- goldbrick verb To shirk or malinger.
- goldbricker noun A lazy person; an idler.
- goldurn adj Goddamn.
- Goldwater Republican noun A member of the Republican Party whose policies resemble those of Barry Goldwater, including support for the smallest government possible…
- gomer noun An inept trainee or serviceperson.
- gondola noun A type of open railway car with low sides, used to carry heavy freight such as crushed rock or steel.
- gone adj Excellent, wonderful; crazy.
- goneness noun A state of exhaustion or faintness, especially from hunger.
- gonk verb To lie; to tell an untruth
- gonorrhea noun A sexually transmitted infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a species of bacteria (the gonococcus) that affects the mucous membrane…
- goo-goo noun A government reformer.
- goober noun A foolish, simple, or amusingly silly person.
- good adj Satisfied or at ease; not requiring more.
- good humor noun US spelling of good humour.
- good trouble noun A punishment that follows from an act that furthers justice, especially in reference to civil rights work.
- good-neighborliness noun the state of being good neighbors
- goodwill noun A thrift shop.
- gooey noun A person who favours closer relationships with other people and less structured settings, rather than formal, organized settings; also, an…
- goof noun A mistake or error.
- goof off verb To dawdle, lollygag; to waste time aimlessly or engage in idle activity or inactivity.
- goofy adj Quirky or silly, often in a humorous manner; daft.
- googolplex num An infinitesimally small portion of land, defined for legal purposes.
- gook noun A Korean person (especially the North Koreans during the Korean War).
- goombah noun A person of Italian descent (often implies the person is connected to Italian organized crime)
- goon noun A hired and paid person who is assigned to terrorize and kill opponents.
- goon squad noun A group of individuals serving as enforcers, bodyguards, assassins, and the like, especially persons hired for such a purpose and using…
- gooner noun A Vietnamese person.
- goose egg noun Zero; nothing.
- Gordie Howe hat trick noun The triple achievement of a goal, an assist for a goal, and participation in a fight, within a single game.
- gore noun A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
- gorge noun A choking or filling of a channel or passage by an obstruction; the obstruction itself.
- gorm verb To gawk; to stare or gape.
- goshdang adj goddamn
- goshdarn adj goddamn
- goshdurn adj goddamn
- got it going on verb Be attractive, outgoing (typically of women).
- Gotcha Day noun A day celebrated by the family of an adopted child or pet to recognize the day they received the child or pet.
- Gothic adj Of a sans serif typeface using straight, even-width lines, also known as grotesque or lineal.
- gouge noun Information.
- government cheese noun A poor quality processed cheese, similar to regular American cheese, produced and stored in the 1970s and 1980s from excess dairy milk…
- Governor Winthrop desk noun A bureau; a piece of writing furniture with a lid that closes at an angle and opens up as a writing surface.
- grab box noun A box having a small opening in the top through which individuals can (usually for a small amount of money) reach to retrieve an unknown…
- grabble verb To catch fish by reaching into the water with one's hand.
- grabbler noun One who harvests food (such as tubers or peanuts) by digging it up with the hands.
- grade verb To assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance.
- grade crossing noun An at-grade crossing between a railroad line and an ordinary road, with tracks and road at the same level.
- grade grubber noun A student who engages in grade grubbing; someone seeking to improve their grades by sucking up or by trying to negotiate for any additional…
- grade grubbing adj Engaging in grade grubbing.
- gradoo noun garbage; crud, gunk; mess; filth, dirt
- graduate noun A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school.
- graduate student noun A university student, usually already possessing a four-year degree, who is working on a master's degree or Ph.D.
- graft noun A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis.
- Graham bread noun A Graham cracker.
- graham cracker noun A specific cracker made of graham flour, developed in the nineteenth century.
- grahamite noun One who follows the dietetic system of Sylvester Graham
- grain elevator noun A large structure for the storage of grain. It is more specialized than a regular granary in that it uses an elevating mechanism to hold…
- grainer noun A grain car.
- grammar school noun Elementary school.
- grammy noun grandmother
- grand illusion noun The numerous economic, political, social, and societal institutions, including common beliefs and ideological frameworks, that maintain the…
- grand larceny noun The larceny of property whose value is greater than an amount set by law to distinguish it from petty larceny.
- grand theft noun The criminal act of stealing an amount higher than a limit deemed by statute, therefore carrying more severe penalties than a simple theft.
- grande adj Of a cup of coffee: smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces (~ 455 ml).
- grandfather verb To retain discontinued laws or rules for (an object, individual or organization previously affected by them).
- grandpaw noun grandfather
- grange noun A lodge of the Patrons of Husbandry, a fraternal organization.