gest
noun
a story or tale.
gests
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pluralof gest.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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You don’t want to drop $1 trillion in capital expenditures “and it’s the second mouse that gests the cheese,” Janasiewicz said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
His new novel sug gests that he may be suffering from over production.
From Time Magazine Archive
True he sat at the feet of the wise men of Greece in the Gardens of Academus, but the eurythmy of their gests fascinated him more than the soberness of their doctrines.
From The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports by Anonymous
Prosper's aim on leaving High March after his gests of arms had been Goltres, for there he had believed to find Galors.
From The Forest Lovers by Maurice Henry Hewlett
Gestiours: tellers of stories; reciters of brave feats or "gests."
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
