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gi

  [gee]
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–noun
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.
Also, gie.

Origin:
1970–75; shortening of Japn jūdō-gi jujitsu garb, equiv. to jūdō judo + -gi, comb. form of ki to wear
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GI

  [jee-ahy] noun, plural GI's or GIs, adjective, verb, GI'd, GI'ing.
–noun
1. a member or former member of the U.S. armed forces, esp. an enlisted soldier.
–adjective
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.
–verb (used with object)
6. to clean in preparation for inspection: to GI the barracks.
–verb (used without object)
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

Gi

 
gilbert; gilberts.

gi.

 
gill; gills.

G.I.

 
1. galvanized iron.
2. gastrointestinal.
3. general issue.
4. government issue.
Also, GI, g.i.

GI's

  [jee-ahyz]
–noun
the GI's, Slang. diarrhea.
Also, G.I.'s, G.I.s

Origin:
1960–65, Americanism; prob. for GI shits; see GI, -s 3
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gi or gi.  
abbr.  gill (liquid measure)
GI 1   (jē'ī')   
n.  An enlisted person in or a veteran of any of the U.S. armed forces, especially a person enlisted in the army.
adj.  

  1. Relating to or characteristic of an enlisted person.

  2. Conforming to or in accordance with U.S. military regulations or procedures.

  3. Issued by an official U.S. military supply department.

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.]
GI 2  
abbr.  

  1. galvanized iron

  2. gastrointestinal

  3. general issue

  4. Government Issue

gill 2   (jĭl)   
n.   Abbr. gi or gi.

  1. A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to 1/4 of a pint or four ounces (118 milliliters).

  2. A unit of volume or capacity, used in dry and liquid measure, equal to 1/4 of a British Imperial pint (142 milliliters). See Table at measurement.


[Middle English gille, from Old French, wine measure, from Late Latin gillō, vessel for cooling liquids.]
Gov·ern·ment Issue   (gŭv'ərn-mənt)   
n.   Abbr. GI
Something, such as military equipment, that is issued by a government.
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Word Origin & History

G.I. 
1936 (adj.), Amer.Eng., apparently an abbreviation of Government Issue, applied to anything associated with servicemen. Transferred sense to "soldiers" during World War II (first recorded 1943) is from the jocular notion that the men themselves were manufactured by the government. An earlier G.I. was an abbreviation of Galvanized Iron in G.I. can, a type of metal trash can, the term being picked up by U.S. soldiers in World War I as slang for a similar-looking type of German artillery shells. This use is attested from 1928, but it is highly unlikely that this came to mean "soldier." I probably get more e-mail about this entry than any other. No two sources I have agree on the etymology, but none backs the widespread notion that it stands for *General Infantry.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: GI
Pronunciation: (')jE-'I
Function: abbreviation
gastrointestinal
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

GI abbr.

  1. gastrointestinal

  2. Gingival Index

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Computing Dictionary

GI
generic identifier

gi networking
The country code for Gibraltar.
(1999-01-27)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
gi
gill
GI

  1. galvanized iron

  2. gastrointestinal

  3. general issue

  4. glycemic index

  5. Government Issue

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Encyclopedia

gi

in measurement, unit of volume in the British Imperial and United States Customary systems. It is used almost exclusively for the measurement of liquids. Although its capacity has varied with time and location, in the United States it is defined as half a cup, or four U.S. fluid ounces, which equals 7.219 cubic inches, or 118.29 cubic cm; in Great Britain the gill is five British fluid ounces, which equals 8.669 cubic inches, one-fourth pint, or 142.07 cubic cm.

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