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📍 Protected origin name 🍽️ Stomach and intestines 🧹 To clean fully
to GI

to GI

9.6
To clean something very well before an inspection
  • verb
  • /dʒiː aɪ/
  • Archaic
translation icon : limpiar a fondo
  • The soldiers had to gi their equipment before the inspection.

Examples

  • They were instructed to gi their uniforms until they were spotless.

  • To prepare for the inspection, the team needed to gi the area thoroughly.

  • Do you gi...?

    D.E.B.S. (2005)

  • - I don't gi...

    Metropia (2009)

  • WHO SITS BESID E HIM IN THIS PLAC I WANT YOU TO GI VE PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO WHAT HE'S GOING TO TELL TO YOU.

    Exodus (1960)

Synonyms

to G.I.
vsto GI
  • Archaic
9.9

To clean something very carefully before inspection, especially when soldiers prepare for review

is the same term but written without periods in the abbreviation

Compounds

GI tract
  • Specialized
2 4.2

The tube in the body from the mouth to the anus that breaks down food and removes waste

GI series
  • Specialized
1 6.7

An X-ray test of the stomach and intestines after drinking a barium solution

GI hormones
  • Specialized
4.4

Chemicals made in the stomach and intestines that control digestion and how the body takes in food

How Clean

to sterilize
  • Specialized
29 4.1
to sanitize
  • US
11 3.7
to GI
  • Archaic
9.6
to clean
∞ 1.0
to wipe
531 1.0
to dust
66 1.0

Surface Forms

GI infinitive
GIed past
GIed past participle
GIing present participle
GIs third person singular

Morphology

GI = GI (opaque) = G + I

Although the verb is related to military 'GI', its specific meaning 'clean thoroughly for inspection' is not a standard or easily predictable meaning from the base noun alone.

Etymology

GI as a verb comes from the military label G.I., short for Government Issue, and from the idea of cleaning things to the strict standard of soldiers' gear and barracks, so to GI something is to clean it very thoroughly.