gage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun street names for marijuana
    sess; skunk; pot; weed; smoke; Mary Jane; sens; grass; green goddess; dope; locoweed.
  2. noun a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
    gauge.
  3. verb place a bet on
    stake; bet on; back; game; punt.
    • Which horse are you backing?
    • I'm betting on the new horse

WordNet

Gage noun
Etymology
F. gage, LL. gadium, wadium; of German origin; cf. Goth. wadi, OHG. wetti, weti, akin to E. wed. See Wed, and cf. Wage, n.
Definitions
  1. A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security.
    Nor without gages to the needy lend. Sandys.
  2. A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance. "There I throw my gage." Shak.
Gage noun
Etymology
So called because an English family named Gage imported the greengage from France, in the last century.
Definitions
  1. A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See Greengage.
Gage transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. gager. See Gage, n., a pledge.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Gaged ; present participle & verbal noun Gaging
Definitions
  1. To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge. Obs.
    A moiety competent Was gaged by our king. Shak.
  2. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
    Great debts Wherein my time, sometimes too prodigal, Hath left me gaged. Shak.
Gage noun
Definitions
  1. A measure or standart. See Gauge, n.
Gage transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To measure. See Gauge, v. t.
    You shall not gage me By what we do to-night. Shak.

Webster 1913