Gibson
proper nounnouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈɡɪbsən//
An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
proper noun
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An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
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A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
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A number of places in the United States: A small city, the county seat of Glascock County, Georgia.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Washington County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Keokuk County, Iowa.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Bay County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Dunklin County, Missouri.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
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A number of places in the United States: A hamlet in the town of Corning, Steuben County, New York.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Scotland County, North Carolina.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Mercer County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Wagoner County, Oklahoma.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Cameron County, Pennsylvania.
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A number of places in the United States: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Gibson County, Tennessee.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
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A community in Tiny township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
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A small town in the Shire of Esperance, Western Australia.
Etymology
From Gibb + -son.
noun
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A cocktail made with gin (or vodka) and vermouth, garnished with cocktail onions.
"I doubt it, Tommy," the Majority Leader said, coming up behind him so unexpectedly that the little Justice jumped and almost spilled his Gibson.
I found Willie in the airport bar drinking a Gibson.
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An acoustic or electric guitar made by the Gibson company.
Many older Gibsons have become collector's items: […] But older Gibsons are also good player's guitars.
We'd like to think that his spirit lives on under the western sky he so loved, strumming his Gibson somewhere and belting out a Woody Guthrie ballad to an audience of coyotes and rabbitbrush.
Forms
- plural
- Gibsons
Gibson · An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
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