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Gage

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Noun

1. dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, mary jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed

street names for marijuana

2. gage, gauge

a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.

Verb

3. back, bet on, gage, game, punt, stake

place a bet on

Example Sentences:
'Which horse are you backing?'
'I'm betting on the new horse'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gage

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noun
1. 
something deposited as security against the fulfilment of an obligation; pledge
2. 
(formerly) a glove or other object thrown down to indicate a challenge to combat
verb
3. (transitive) archaic
to stake, pledge, or wager
noun
short for greengage
noun
US old-fashioned, slang
marijuana
noun, verb
US a variant spelling (esp in technical senses) of gauge
noun
Thomas. 1721–87, British general and governor in America; commander in chief of British forces at Bunker Hill (1775)

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Gage

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Thomas1721-87; Brit. general in the American Revolution
noun
1. 
something deposited or pledged to ensure that an obligation will be fulfilled; security
2. 
a pledge to appear and fight, as a glove thrown down by a knight challenging another
3. 
a challenge
verb transitiveWord forms: gaged or ˈgaging Archaic
4. 
to offer as a pledge; wager
5. 
to bind by a pledge
noun, verb transitiveWord forms: gaged or ˈgaging
alt. sp. of
gauge
noun
greengage

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gage

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n.
1. Something deposited or given as security against an obligation; a pledge.
2. Something, such as a glove, that is offered or thrown down as a pledge or challenge to fight.
3. A challenge.
tr.v. gaged, gag·ing, gag·es
Archaic
1. To pledge as security.
2. To offer as a stake in a bet; wager.
n.
Any of several varieties of plum, such as the greengage.
n. & v.
Variant of gauge.
British general and colonial administrator. As governor of Massachusetts (1774-1775) his attempts to suppress colonial resistance led to the start of the American Revolution.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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