Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

G, g

[jee]
See more synonyms for G, g on Thesaurus.com
noun, plural G's or Gs, g's or gs.
  1. the seventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
  2. any spoken sound represented by the letter G or g, as in get, German, or camouflage.
  3. something having the shape of a G.
  4. a written or printed representation of the letter G or g.
  5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter G or g.
Show More

G

plural Gs or G's.
  1. Slang. grand: a sum of one thousand dollars.
  2. (sometimes lowercase) Aerospace. gravity: a unit of acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity at the earth's surface.
Show More
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words for g's

penitentiary, lockup, confinement, jail, dungeon, cooler, keep, pen, can, stockade, reformatory, clink, slammer, G, guardhouse, bastille, statesville
British Dictionary definitions for g's

g

G

noun plural g's, G's or Gs
  1. the seventh letter and fifth consonant of the modern English alphabet
  2. a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually either a voiced velar stop, as in grass, or a voiced palato-alveolar affricate, as in page
Show More

g

symbol for
  1. gallon(s)
  2. gram(s)
  3. acceleration of free fall (due to gravity) near the surface of the earth
  4. grav
  5. chess See algebraic notation
Show More

G

symbol for
  1. music
    1. a note having a frequency of 392 hertz (G above middle C) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the fifth note of the scale of C major
    2. a key, string, or pipe producing this note
    3. the major or minor key having this note as its tonic
  2. gauss
  3. gravitational constant
  4. physics conductance
  5. biochem guanine
  6. German
  7. Gibbs function
  8. giga
  9. good
  10. slang, mainly US grand (a thousand dollars or pounds)
  11. (in Australia)
    1. general exhibition (used to describe a category of film certified as suitable for viewing by anyone)
    2. (as modifier)a G film
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for g's

G

for history of the letter's development, see C. As a movie rating in the U.S., 1966, standing for general. Standing for gravity in physics since 1785.

Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
g's in Medicine

G

abbr.
  1. glucose
  2. gravitational constant
  3. guanine
Show More
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
g's in Science

g

  1. The symbol for acceleration of gravity.
  2. A symbol for g-force.
  3. Abbreviation of gram
Show More

G

  1. The symbol for gauss.
  2. A symbol for g-force.
  3. The symbol for gravitational constant.
  4. Abbreviation of guanine
Show More
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.