| gerrymander |
the manipulation, or the result of the manipulation, of the boundaries of election districts so as to favor a particular political party. [2 definitions] |
| gerund |
in English, a form derived from a verb by the addition of the suffix "-ing" that functions as a noun. |
| gestalt |
in psychology, a cognitive pattern that is whole and unified and cannot be predicted or inferred from its individual elements, even when they are considered together. |
| Gestalt psychology |
a psychological theory that holds that experience is composed of gestalts and that an organism's response to a situation cannot be analyzed as a sum of its elements. |
| Gestapo |
the terrorist secret police force of Germany during the Nazi regime. |
| gestate |
to carry in the uterus following conception. [3 definitions] |
| gestation |
the time that an organism spends developing in a womb, egg, or the like before being born. [2 definitions] |
| gesticulate |
to make hand movements, esp. so as to be more emphatic or expressive while speaking. [2 definitions] |
| gesticulation |
the act or an instance of using hand movements, as to add emphasis or expressiveness to speech. [2 definitions] |
| gesture |
a movement of one's body, limbs, or face that expresses emotion or feeling or reinforces speech. [4 definitions] |
| gesundheit |
good health to you! (addressed to one who has sneezed). |
| get |
to gain; obtain; acquire. [17 definitions] |
| get across |
to make (a point or idea) clearly understood to a listener or reader. [2 definitions] |
| get ahead |
to advance; succeed. |
| get along |
to survive or manage. [2 definitions] |
| get around to |
to reach the point in time when one becomes able to do something. |
| getaway |
an escape, esp. from the police. [5 definitions] |
| get away |
to escape and become free. [3 definitions] |
| get away with |
to avoid being caught or punished for doing something wrong. |
| get away with murder |
(informal) to avoid punishment for wrongdoing, or avoid detection of such, even if the wrongdoing is serious (generally used metaphorically rather than literally). |
| get a wiggle on |
(informal) hurry up. |