to gee
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9.9
Tell a horse or other working animal to turn right
- verb
- /dʒi/
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- As we approached the fork in the trail, I called out, "Gee! Turn right!"
Examples
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She only had to be told once to "gee" and she would move right.
Fiction book (1993) -
Come on, gee up.
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The trainer said, "When I say ‘gee’, you need to steer the horse to the right."
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She only had to be told once to "gee" and she would move right.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gee was a short farm command farmers used with horses and mules to turn 'right', often said quickly together with haw for 'left'. So to 'gee' an animal is to tell it fast to move to the right.