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gills

British  
/ ɡɪlz /

plural noun

  1. (sometimes singular) the wattle of birds such as domestic fowl

  2. informal looking or feeling nauseated

"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
gills Idioms  

  1. see fed to the gills; green about the gills.

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"Many fossils show soft parts including gills, guts, eyes and even nerves," he added.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Every week, I scroll through dozens of videos of influencers piling their carts high with secondhand clothes surely destined for closets stuffed to the gills.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

"During food intake, the water flows through the permeable funnel wall, is filtered, and the particle-free water is then released back into the environment via the gills," explains Blanke.

From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2025

For more than an hour, I lost myself in a flow state as I sought to replicate the slender mushroom’s fine gills and delicate but ragged skirt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Against the far wall sat a single bookshelf, stuffed to the gills with empty jars.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

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