Definition of "gage"
- verb
To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn.
To wager, to bet.
Alternative spelling of gauge. To measure.
- noun
Something, such as a glove or other pledge thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
Alternative spelling of gauge. Used especially as a technical term of measuring devices and standard measures.
A form of jewelry which creates a hole of variable size in the earlobe, popular especially among some young people in the West, perhaps on analogy with similar devices found in various non-Western indigenous cultures.
A short form of greengage.
Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
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