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| a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt. |
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Audio Help [jee-ahy] Pronunciation Key noun, plural GI's or GIs, adjective, verb, GI'd, GI'ing.
Audio Help [jee-ahy] Pronunciation Key noun, plural GI's or GIs, adjective, verb, GI'd, GI'ing. –noun
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| 1. | a member or former member of the U.S. armed forces, esp. an enlisted soldier. |
| 2. | rigidly adhering to military regulations and practices; regimented; spit-and-polish: a platoon leader who tried to be more GI than anyone else. |
| 3. | of a standardized style or type issued by the U.S. armed forces: GI shoes; GI blankets. |
| 4. | conforming to the regulations or practices of the U.S. armed forces: Every recruit must get a GI haircut. |
| 5. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a U.S. enlisted person: a typical peacetime GI complaint. |
| 6. | to clean in preparation for inspection: to GI the barracks. |
| 7. | to follow military regulations and customs closely; shape up: You'd better learn to GI if you want to be promoted. |
Also, G.I.
[Origin: 1915–20; orig. abbr. of galvanized iron, used in U.S. Army bookkeeping in entering articles (e.g., trash cans) made of it; later extended to all articles issued (as an assumed abbrev. of government issue) and finally to soldiers themselves
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| gilbert; gilberts. |
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gi.
| gill; gills. |
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| gi or gi.
abbr. gill (liquid measure) |
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Audio Help (jē'ī') Pronunciation Key
n. An enlisted person in or a veteran of any of the U.S. armed forces, especially a person enlisted in the army. adj.
adv. In strict accordance with military regulations or practices. tr.v. GI'd, GI'ing, GI's Slang To clean (barracks, for example) thoroughly for or as if for an inspection. [From abbreviation of galvanized iron (applied to trash cans, etc.), later reinterpreted as government issue.] |
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n. Abbr. gi or gi.
[Middle English gille, from Old French, wine measure, from Late Latin gillō, vessel for cooling liquids.] |
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| Gov·ern·ment Issue
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n. Abbr. GI Something, such as military equipment, that is issued by a government. |
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| 1. | of or relating to the stomach and intestines; "a gastrointestinal disorder" [syn: gastrointestinal] |
noun | |
| 1. | a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns [syn: gilbert] |
verb | |
| 1. | clean in preparation for inspection; "the soldiers GIed the barracks" [syn: G.I.] |
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Main Entry: GI
Pronunciation: (')jE-'I
Function: abbreviation
gastrointestinal
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gi networking
The country code for Gibraltar.
(1999-01-27)
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