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ggs

/d͡ʒiːd͡ʒizː/

ggs is the initialism of good games.

Interjection capitalized: GGs

  1. (Internet) Synonym of good game or good going.
    • Yeah GGs to all there. great fun as is the norm when we can all get in there and have a little orgy.2000 September 16, cheet, “GG'z at Pits RA3”, in alt.games.quake3 (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Apr 2026
    • GGs to you, too! It was fun, even if I did get my clock cleaned.2000 September 23, Sean M. Punch, “Mr K , Kromm”, in alt.games.unreal.tournament (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Apr 2026
    Synonyms:
    good game or good going

Proper noun capitalized: GGs

GGs

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Google Groups.
    • GGers come in several flavors: […] 3. Wants the convienience of having both GGs and Usenet together under one interface. These are more likely to be the good ones. 4. Is using GGs to get around the Usenet ban at work. This is probably the biggest percentage of them.2008 February 18, elaich, “Re: John Corliss”, in alt.comp.freeware (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Apr 2026
    • Look at the upper left side of your screen & you will see Gmail, You;ll^([sic]) need to start using that on GGs to read mail .2011 February 4, Del, “OT: what happened to my favorites”, in rec.games.pinball (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Apr 2026

Noun (1) capitalized: GGs

GGs

  1. (plural) plural of GG

Noun (2) capitalized: GGS

GGS (uncountable)

  1. Ginger, garlic, and scallion(s), regarded as a holy trinity of ingredients in Asian cooking.
    • Culinary students in the States used to be taught that adding GGS—ginger, garlic, and scallions—instantly makes a dish Chinese. That's not completely true, but there is some validity to it.2017 March 28, Desmond Tan, Kate Leahy, Burma Superstar: Addictive Recipes from the Crossroads of Southeast Asia [A Cookbook], Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 228
    • The second G in the Asian trinity, GGS (ginger, garlic, scallion), it can be subtle or bold, sweet or pungent, depending on how you use it. Buy garlic cloves by the head; the skin on the outside should feel tight and full.2017 September 12, Joanne Chang, Karen Akunowicz, Myers+chang At Home: Recipes from the Beloved Boston Eatery, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 40

Synonyms of ggs

Forms of ggs

Interjection
alternative formGGs
alternative formggs
Proper noun
alternative formGG

Origin of ggs

From GG (“good game; good going”) + -s.

Initialism of Google Groups with its plural suffix -s.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about ggs

What does ggs mean?
Ggs means synonym of good game or good going.
What is ggs the initialism of?
Ggs is the initialism of good games.
What part of speech is ggs?
Ggs can be an interjection, a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce ggs?
Ggs is pronounced /d͡ʒiːd͡ʒizː/.

Words near ggs in the dictionary

  1. GGOs
  2. ggotsin
  3. ggp
  4. GGR
  5. GGRs
  6. ggs
  7. GGT
  8. ggwp
  9. gh
  10. ghaap
  11. Ghadaffi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ggs (page history and authors); GGs (page history and authors); GGS (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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