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You can make 5 words from gill according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of gill

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Definitions and meaning of gill

gill

Etymology 1

From Middle English gille, gylle (“gill”), of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish gælle, Swedish gäl, Norwegian gjelle, and further to Old Norse gjǫlnar (“lips”), which also may have had the meaning of "gills" (based on Old Danish fiskegæln (“gills”)). The Old Norse word has been suggested as deriving from Proto-Germanic *gelunō (“jaw”), which would make it root-cognate to Ancient Greek χελύνη (khelúnē, “lip, jaw”), χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”).

Displaced native Old English ċīe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. (animal anatomy) A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
2. (of a fish) A gill slit or gill cover.

3. (mycology) One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, the surface of which bears the spore-producing organs.

   Synonym: lamella

4. (animal anatomy) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
5. (figuratively) The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle.
6. (spinning) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.

Synonyms

• branchia

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• lung

Verb

gill (third-person singular simple present gills, present participle gilling, simple past and past participle gilled)

1. To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it.
2. (transitive) To catch (a fish) in a gillnet.
   • 1971, Michael Culley, G. A. Kerkut, The Pilchard: Biology and Exploitation →ISBN, page 70:

     In cases of very heavy catches the nets may be hauled and stored with the fish still gilled. The fish would then be shaken out on return to the port.
3. (intransitive) To be or become entangled in a gillnet.

Etymology 2

From Middle English gille, from Old French gille (“a wine measure”), from Medieval Latin gillo (“earthenware jar”), possibly from Gaulish gallā (“vessel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl
• Homophone: Jill

Noun

gill (plural gills)

2. A drink measure for spirits and wine, approximately a quarter of a pint, but varying regionally.
3. (archaic, British) A measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint.
4. (dated, US) A unit of measure equal to 4 US fluid ounces (half a cup, a quarter of a US pint), approximately 118 milliliters.

Derived terms

• gill-ale
• gillhouse
• gillie

Etymology 3

From Middle English gille, from Old Norse gil.

Alternative forms

• ghyll

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. (British) rivulet
2. (British) ravine

Derived terms

• Lowgill, Low Gill

Etymology 4

Uncertain.

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. a two-wheeled frame for transporting timber

Etymology 5

Clipping of gillian, from the female name Gillian.

Alternative forms

• jill

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪl/

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. a female ferret
2. (obsolete) a promiscuous woman; harlot, wanton
3. (obsolete) a prostitute

Synonyms

• (promiscuous woman): see Thesaurus:promiscuous woman
• (prostitute): see Thesaurus:prostitute

Derived terms

Verb

gill (third-person singular simple present gills, present participle gilling, simple past and past participle gilled)

1. (obsolete) To act as a prostitute.

Synonyms

• see Thesaurus:prostitute oneself

Irish

Noun

gill m

1. vocative/genitive singular of geall (“pledge, security; wager, bet; gage, challenge; palm, prize; supremacy; token, promise; assets”)

Mutation

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scots

Etymology 1

Compare English gill.

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. a measure of liquid equivalent to one-fourth of a mutchkin or three quarters of an Imperial gill, about 110 millilitres; (by extension) a serving of drink
2. a vessel with a capacity of one gill

Derived terms

• Hawick gill

Verb

gill (third-person singular simple present gills, present participle gilling, simple past gill'd, past participle gill'd)

1. to drink, tipple

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gil, Norwegian gjel (“gorge, ravine”), attested a. 1500.

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. a narrow valley with steep sides, a gully

References

• “gill” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

gill m

1. inflection of geall (“bet, wager”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Swedish

Adjective

gill (not comparable)

1. (in "(tredje) gången gillt") (third) time's the charm, (third) time lucky

2. (in compounds) valid, fulfilling all requirements
3. (in compounds) appropriate, as it should be

Declension

Derived terms

• avdragsgill
• gå sin gilla gång
• omdömesgill

References

• gill in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gill in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gill in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org