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geeing up

geeing up is the present participle and gerund of gee up.

Meaning of gee up

Verb

gee up (third-person singular simple present gees up, present participle geeing up, simple past and past participle geed up)

  1. (slang) To encourage.
  2. (slang) To excite in order to try to achieve a desired result.
    • "US fund manager Eric Knight has a fearful reputation as a shareholder activist, geeing up underperforming managements at Royal Dutch Shell and Suez." – HSBC: activist pounces, The Week, 15 September 2007, 631, 43.

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Questions about geeing up

What is geeing up the present participle and gerund of?
Geeing up is the present participle and gerund of gee up.

Words near geeing up in the dictionary

  1. geegaw
  2. geegaws
  3. Geehi
  4. geeing
  5. geeing along
  6. geeing up
  7. geek
  8. geek chic
  9. geek code
  10. geek codes
  11. geek out

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