gauge

nounverbattested in dialogue

Canada//ˈɡeɪd͡ʒ//
Australia//ˈɡæɪd͡ʒ//

A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard

noun

1
A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt
The record of philosophy vis-à-vis silence is generally dismal, as good a gauge as any to its overall failure.
2
An act of measuring.
3
An estimate.
4
Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
5
A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.
6
A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
7
The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
8
Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
A vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.
9
The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
10
The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
11
That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
12
A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
13
slangA shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
I'm talking about cocking a gauge in between your eyes.
I'm tryin to find ways to cope / But I ain't fuckin' round with the gauge or a rope
It happens everyday don't make me grab the gauge / Dangerously I play, I best to kill with the gauge / And put ya body in the back of that grey Chevrolet
14
A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
Jenni didn't really look as though she fit in with the rest of the girls here, she had a nose piercing and angel bites, her long curly dark brown hair with red highlights was pulled back exposing gauges and many other ear piercings and a tattoo […]
15
slangCannabis.
[…] smoking gauge was a new phenomenon to Himes: “When I looked up after turning the corner, all the grimy facades seemed to be a blaze of bright colors, gold, scarlet, blue, green, like an array of peacocks. […]
When we settled, he said, “You've been smoking gauge, haven't you?”
16
Variant of track gaugeEllipsis of track gauge.
It was Locke who concisely won the argument for a standardised gauge of 4ft 8½ inches over Brunel's 7ft 0 ¼in preference. […] Today, over 60% of the world's railways use that gauge.
17
Variant of loading gaugeEllipsis of loading gauge.

Etymology

From Middle English gauge, gaugen, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French gauger (compare Modern French jauger from Old French jaugier), from gauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galgā (“measuring rod, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“perch, long switch”). Cognate with Old High German galgo, Old Frisian galga, Old English ġealga (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse galgi (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse gelgja (“pole, perch”). Doublet of gallows.

verb

1
To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
2
To estimate.
3
To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
You shall not gauge me / By what we do to-night.
4
To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
5
To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
6
To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

Forms

plural: gauges
past tense: gauged
past participle: gauged
present participle: gauging
third person singular: gauges

gathered · focused, centered, achieving a state of shared mysticism.gathering · A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.gator · Alligator.

gauge · A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard

Gauge · A male given name.gauntlet · Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a…gauze · A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.

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