subs. (colloquial).—See GEE-GEE.
Verb. (colloquial).—1. To go or turn to the off-side; used as a direction to horses. Cf.: It.: gio = Get on!
1480. Dialogus Creaturarum. Et cum sic gloriaretur, et cogitaret cum quanta gloria duceretur ad illum virum super equum, dicendo, ‘Gio! Gio!’ cepit pede percutere terram quasi pungeret equum calcaribus.
2. (colloquial).—To move faster: as a teemster to his horses, ‘Gee up!’
1824. Blackwood’s Magazine, Oct. Mr. Babb GE-HUPPED in vain, and strove to jerk the rein, Nobbs felt he had his option to work or play.
3. (colloquial).—To stop: as ‘Gee whoa!’
TO GEE WITH, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To agree with; to fit; to be congenial; to go on all fours with; to do.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. GEARS,… It won’t GEE, it won’t hit or go.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. GEE, it won’t GEE, it won’t hit or do, it does not suit or fit.
1850. G. H. THROOP (‘Gregory Seaworthy’), Nag’s Head, ch. v., p. 35. ‘It don’t seem to GEE!’ said Isaac, as he was trying to adjust the stove.
1888. Missouri Republican, 8 April. He and Mrs. Barnay did not GEE.
