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gc

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Philippines/ˈd͡ʒi si/

gc is the initialism of group chat.

gc is the initialism of get cancer.

Meaning of group chat

Noun

group chat (plural group chats)

  1. (Internet) A simultaneous online chat between a group of people by means of a messaging application.
    • “The Lifeguards” is a polyphonic story, told in the voices of three mothers, with chapters handed over to their teenage sons, a recently widowed detective and the Barton Hills Mamas, an Austin, Texas, group chat consisting of members I thought of as that brood of vipers.2022 April 5, Elizabeth Wetmore, “How Far Will Parents Go to Protect Their Sons?”, in The New York Times

Noun capitalized: GC

GC (countable and uncountable, plural GCs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of galaxy cluster.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of gas chromatography.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of germinal center.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of general classification.
  5. (Australia, abbreviation, dated, initialism, film classification) Initialism of general classification.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of garbage collection.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of garbage collector.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of good condition.
  9. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of glucocorticoid.
    • short-term GCs
  10. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of guanylate cyclase.
  11. (abbreviation, initialism, molecular biology) Initialism of guanine-cytosine.
  12. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of group chat.
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  1. (abbreviation, informal, initialism) Initialism of gender critical.
    • GCs prove everyday they're actually just critical of trans people, not critical of gender2021 November 19, Yana (@lesbian_envy), Twitter
    • That’s LITERALLY what trans activists say and what GCs are fighting against.2021 November 28, SophieXY (@SophieXY44), Twitter
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of gonococcus; gonorrhea.
    • An appointment with a clinician at which the patient or partner(s) can receive testing and care for all STDs and HIV is the preferred management strategy for CT [chlamydia] and GC treatment.2012, California Department of Public Health Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Branch, California STD Controllers Association, “Executive Summary”, in Guidelines for the Treatment of Chlamydia...
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of gentleman cadet.
  4. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of grandchild.
    • Oldest GC is refusing to talk to me.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of gated community.

Proper noun capitalized: GC

GC

  1. (Australia, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Gold Coast.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Boss General Catalogue.
  4. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of General Committee: the general management committee of a constituency party of the British Labour Party.
  5. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of George Cross: a medal presented to civilians and military personnel of the United Kingdom for actions which are not in the face of the enemy.
  6. Nintendo GameCube
    Synonyms:
    GCN, NGC
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Google Classroom.

Verb capitalized: GC

GC

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of garbage collect.

Adjective capitalized: GC

GC (not generally comparable, comparative more GC, superlative most GC)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, not comparable, usually) Initialism of gender-critical.
    • GC feminism wholly rejects the notion that gender maps onto sex.2020, Callie H. Burt, “Scrutinizing the U.S. Equality Act 2019: A Feminist Examination of Definitional Changes and Sociolegal Ramifications”, in Feminist Criminology, volume 15, number 4, page 25
    • One poster, who thanked her for signing the letter, commented, 'The secrecy with which GC women have to find each other is just absurd. […]2020, Sarah Pedersen, The Politicization of Mumsnet, page 123

Synonyms of gc

Forms of gc

Noun
pluralgcs
pluralGCs
Adjective
comparativemore GC
superlativemost GC

Words formed from gc

Phrases with gc

Questions about gc

What does gc mean?
Gc means nintendo GameCube.
What is gc the initialism of?
Gc is the initialism of group chat.
What part of speech is gc?
Gc can be a noun, a proper noun, a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce gc?
Gc is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒi si/ (Philippines).
What is the plural of gc?
The plural of gc is gcs.

Words near gc in the dictionary

  1. GBTQ+
  2. GBTW
  3. GBU
  4. GBV
  5. Gbêkê
  6. gc
  7. GC box
  8. GC boxes
  9. GCA
  10. GCal
  11. Gcaleka

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gc (page history and authors); GC (page history and authors); group chat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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