Meaning of Gill | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Scottish and Northern English habitational surname from Old Norse for someone who lived near a gill.
2. Someone connected with Gillingham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
3. A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
4. A drink measure for spirits and wine, approximately a quarter of a pint, but varying regionally.
5. A rivulet, small stream.
   British
6. A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.
7. A female ferret.
8. A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic], an alternate anglicization of Mac an Ghoill (McGill).
9. A gill slit or gill cover.
10. A measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint.
    British, archaic
11. A ravine.
    British
12. A promiscuous woman; harlot, wanton.
    obsolete
13. A diminutive of the male given names Giles, Julian, or William, of medieval usage.
14. One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, the surface of which bears the spore-producing organs.
15. A unit of measure equal to 4 US fluid ounces (half a cup, a quarter of a US pint), approximately 118 milliliters.
    US, dated
16. A prostitute.
    obsolete
17. A diminutive of the female given name Gillian, variant of Jill.
18. The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
19. A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
20. The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle.
    figuratively
21. A locale in the United States:
22. An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado; named for early landowner William H. Gill.
23. One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.
24. A township in Sullivan County, Indiana.
25. A township in Clay County, Kansas.
26. A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts; named for Massachusetts politician Moses Gill.
27. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Texas.
28. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia; named for an early postmaster.
29. A ghost town in Harding County, South Dakota; named for early postmaster Carl M. Gilberg.
30. A surname from Punjabi from ਗਿੱਲ (gilla).

Equivalents

Examples

“Fishes […] perform their respiration under water by the gills.”

“Gill nets are designed to catch a fish by the gills.”

“dropsy fills you to the gills”

“Gill comes from the Knight, that did so seek / To gaine her love; she's hir'd for a week.”

“each Jack with his Gill”

CEFR level