Meaning of Gauge | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male given name.
2. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
   countable, uncountable
3. An act of measuring.
   countable, uncountable
4. An estimate.
   countable, uncountable
5. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
   countable, uncountable
6. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.
   countable, uncountable
7. Ellipsis of track gauge.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
8. Ellipsis of loading gauge.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
9. A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
   countable, uncountable
10. The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
    countable, uncountable
11. Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
    countable, uncountable
12. The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
    countable, uncountable
13. The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
    countable, uncountable
14. That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
    countable, uncountable
15. A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
    countable, uncountable
16. A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
    US, broadly, countable, slang, uncountable
17. A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
    countable, uncountable
18. Cannabis.
    slang, uncountable

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Examples

“1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt”

“The record of philosophy vis-à-vis silence is generally dismal, as good a gauge as any to its overall failure.”

“It was Locke who concisely won the argument for a standardised gauge of 4ft 8½ inches over Brunel's 7ft 0 ¼in preference. […] Today, over 60% of the world's railways use that gauge.”

“A vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.”

“I'm talking about cocking a gauge in between your eyes.”

“I'm tryin to find ways to cope / But I ain't fuckin' round with the gauge or a rope”

“It happens everyday don't make me grab the gauge / Dangerously I play, I best to kill with the gauge / And put ya body in the back of that grey Chevrolet”

“Jenni didn't really look as though she fit in with the rest of the girls here, she had a nose piercing and angel bites, her long curly dark brown hair with red highlights was pulled back exposing gauges and many other ear piercings and a tattoo […]”

“[…] smoking gauge was a new phenomenon to Himes: “When I looked up after turning the corner, all the grimy facades seemed to be a blaze of bright colors, gold, scarlet, blue, green, like an array of peacocks. […]”

“When we settled, he said, “You've been smoking gauge, haven't you?””

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