Definition & Meaning | English word GAGE

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Definitions of GAGE

1. Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
2. To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.
3. (archaic) To bet or wager (something).
4. (obsolete) To deposit or give (something) as a pledge or security; to pawn.
5. (obsolete) Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
6. (US) Alternative spelling of gauge ("a measure, instrument for measuring, etc.").
7. (US) Alternative spelling of gauge ("to measure").
8. A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.
9. (slang, dated) Marijuana
10. (archaic, UK, slang) A pint pot. [18th–19th c.c.]
11. (archaic, UK, slang, metonymically) A drink. [from 19th c.]
12. (archaic, UK, slang) A tobacco pipe. [mid 17th–early 19th c.]
13. (archaic, UK, slang) A chamberpot. [19th c.]
14. (archaic, UK, slang) A small quantity of anything. [19th c.]
15. (obsolete, UK, thieves) A quart pot. [15th–19th c.]
16. A occupations surname from occupations.
17. A male given name from surnames.
18. A female given name.
19. A ghost town in New Mexico.
20. A town in Oklahoma.
21. Initialism of Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees.

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