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
Thou high director of the same, Assist mine artless pen, To write the gests of Britons stout, And acts of English men.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
In Scotland, Huchowne’s works might no doubt have been regarded as the standard romances of the period, but that they were the only English gests is indeed very doubtful.
From Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century by Richard Morris
"And no doubt you know by heart the merry gests of Robin Hood and the admirable exploits of Claude Duval?"
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
