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gists

UK/d͡ʒɪsts/

gists noun: a roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Also the plural of gist.

Noun (1)

gists pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) A roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress.

Noun (2) capitalized: GISTs

GISTs

  1. (plural) plural of GIST

Also used as

gists is also the plural of gist.

Forms of gists

alternative formgests

Origin of gists

From gist + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words that rhyme with gists

Questions about gists

What does gists mean?
Gists means a roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress.
What part of speech is gists?
Gists is a noun.
How do you pronounce gists?
Gists is pronounced /d͡ʒɪsts/ (UK).

Words near gists in the dictionary

  1. gist
  2. gisted
  3. gisting
  4. Gistinger
  5. gistings
  6. gists
  7. Giswil
  8. git
  9. git along
  10. git gud
  11. git-go

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gists (page history and authors); GISTs (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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