gage
Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combatSomething, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
» He says there is now no way they can gage the election's validity or contest the results.
Meaning
10 senses(transitive)Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
(transitive)A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.
(dated, slang, transitive, uncountable)Marijuana
street names for marijuana
(obsolete, transitive)Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
(UK, archaic, countable, slang, transitive, uncountable)A pint pot.
(UK, archaic, countable, metonymically, slang, transitive, uncountable)A drink.
(UK, archaic, countable, slang, transitive, uncountable)A tobacco pipe.
(UK, archaic, countable, slang, transitive, uncountable)A chamber pot.
(UK, archaic, countable, slang, transitive, uncountable)A small quantity of anything.
(UK, countable, obsolete, transitive, uncountable)A quart pot.
Examples
1 sentencesHe says there is now no way they can gage the election's validity or contest the results.
Origin
From Middle English gage, from later Old French or early Middle French gager (verb), (alsoFrom Middle English gage, from later Old French or early Middle French gager (verb), (also guagier in Old French) gage (noun), ultimately from Frankish *waddi, from Proto-Germanic *wadją (whence English wed). Doublet of wage, from the same origin through the Old Northern French variant wage. See also mortgage.
Back-formation from greengage.
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