Gage — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

street names for marijuana

a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡˈeɪdʒ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡˈeɪdʒ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡˈeɪdʒ/

1 syllable Say it as /ɡˈeɪdʒ/.

Examples

Which horse are you backing?
I'm betting on the new horse

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

smoke dope skunk green goddess sess grass game back locoweed sens weed Mary Jane gauge stake punt bet on pot

Parts of Speech

noun	street names for marijuana
noun	a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
verb	place a bet on “Which horse are you backing?”

Word Forms

dope	verb	give a narcotic to
smoke	verb	inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
gauge	verb	determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
stake	noun	the money risked on a gamble
gaming	noun	the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
punter	noun	someone who bets

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Messgerät

Straßennamen für Marihuana

🇫🇷French

jauge

noms de rues pour la marijuana

🇪🇸Spanish

calibrar

Nombres callejeros de marihuana.

🇮🇹Italian

calibro

nomi delle strade per la marijuana

🇳🇱Dutch

maat

straatnamen voor marihuana

🇵🇹Portuguese

calibrar

nomes de ruas para maconha

🇷🇺Russian

калибр

названия улиц, посвященные марихуане

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पण

मारिजुआना के लिए सड़कों के नाम

🇧🇩Bengali

গেজ

মারিজুয়ানার জন্য রাস্তার নাম

🇮🇳Tamil

வாயில்

மரிஜுவானாவின் தெரு பெயர்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

గేజ్

గంజాయి కోసం వీధి పేర్లు

🇮🇳Marathi

गेज

मारिजुआना साठी रस्त्यांची नावे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગેજ

મારિજુઆના માટે શેરી નામો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗೇಜ್

ಗಾಂಜಾದ ರಸ್ತೆ ಹೆಸರುಗಳು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗേജ്

മരിജുവാനയുടെ തെരുവ് നാമങ്ങൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗੇਜ

ਮਾਰਿਜੁਆਨਾ ਲਈ ਗਲੀ ਦੇ ਨਾਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

گیج

چرس کے لیے گلیوں کے نام

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

量具

大麻的街道名称

🇯🇵Japanese

ゲージ

マリファナの通りの名前

🇰🇷Korean

표준

마리화나의 거리 이름

🇻🇳Vietnamese

máy đo

tên đường phố cho cần sa

🇹🇭Thai

เกจ

ชื่อถนนสำหรับกัญชา

🇮🇩Indonesian

pengukur

nama jalan untuk ganja

🇲🇾Malay

tolok

nama jalan untuk ganja

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غيج

أسماء الشوارع للماريجوانا

🇮🇷Persian

گیج

نام خیابان برای ماری جوانا

🇹🇷Turkish

ölçü

esrar için sokak isimleri

🇮🇱Hebrew

מַד

שמות רחובות למריחואנה

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