gi

¹

Or gie

[gee]

noun

1. 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.

Gi

²

1. gilbert; gilberts.

GI

³

Or G.I.

[jee-ahy]

noun

plural

GI's, GIs 

1. a member or former member of the U.S. armed forces, especially an enlisted soldier.

adjective

1. rigidly adhering to military regulations and practices; regimented; spit-and-polish.

   a platoon leader who tried to be more GI than anyone else.

2. of a standardized style or type issued by the U.S. armed forces.

   GI shoes; GI blankets.

3. conforming to the regulations or practices of the U.S. armed forces.

   Every recruit must get a GI haircut.

4. of, relating to, or characteristic of a U.S. enlisted person.

   a typical peacetime GI complaint.

verb (used with object)

GI'd, GI'ing 

1. to clean in preparation for inspection.

   to GI the barracks.

verb (used without object)

GI'd, GI'ing 

1. to follow military regulations and customs closely; shape up.

   You'd better learn to GI if you want to be promoted.

gi.

⁴

abbreviation

1. gill; gills.

G.I.

⁵

Also g.i.

abbreviation

1. galvanized iron.

2. gastrointestinal.

3. general issue.

4. government issue.

GI

¹

noun

1. a soldier in the US Army, esp an enlisted man

adjective

1. conforming to US Army regulations; of standard government issue

GI

²

abbreviation

1. gastrointestinal

2. glycaemic index

Gi

³

abbreviation

1. gilbert

gi

⁴

/ ɡiː /

noun

1. a loose-fitting white suit worn in judo, karate, and other martial arts

   a karate gi

gi

⁵

abbreviation

1. Gibraltar

Word History and Origins

Origin of gi¹

1970–75; shortening of Japanese jūdō-gi jujitsu garb, equivalent to jūdō judo + -gi, combining form of ki to wear

Origin of gi²

1915–20; originally abbreviation 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 abbreviation of government issue ) and finally to soldiers themselves

Word History and Origins

Origin of gi¹

C20: abbrev. of government issue

Origin of gi²

from Japanese -gi costume, from ki to wear

Example Sentences

Indeed, I believe that affirmative action belongs right in the same exalted company as the GI bill as a significant positive transformational mechanism for American society, social mobility.

From Slate

“It’s what I heard when I was in training from the GI docs who were teaching me, and I kept saying it to my patients,” says Pasricha, a gastroenterologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

From Slate

At the start of the spring semester in January at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, a dozen military veterans waited for their GI Bill student benefit checks to show up.

From Los Angeles Times

It typically takes weeks for veterans to receive GI Bill benefits from the Veterans Administration — funding used for tuition, textbooks and housing.

From Los Angeles Times

Veterans and advocates also are concerned that Education Department cuts could erode oversight of the primarily for-profit colleges that take GI Bill benefits.

From Los Angeles Times