ged

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noun

The pike or luce.

OriginMiddle English gedde ← Old Norse gedda →
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Meanings

ged1

nounged (plural geds)

plural geds

  1. UKdialectalgovernmentThe pike or luce.
  2. ScotlandA greedy person

    He's a perfect ged for silver.

    1808, John Jamieson, A Dictionary of the Scottish Language

GED2

nounGED (plural GEDs)

plural GEDs · alternative G.E.D.

  1. USabbreviationinitialismeducationInitialism of general education degree/diploma.
  2. USabbreviationinitialismeducationInitialism of General Educational Development.

    He’d had the thought of getting his GED in the back of his mind for a while.

    2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 138

Ged3

proper noun
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Gerard.

    Television actor Will Mellor has come a surprise second in the World Gurning Championships, pipped to the main prize by local man Ged Eccles who had come close but never before won.

    2026 September 21, Jason Arunn Murugesu, “Actor Mellor's gurning beaten by Cumbria man”, in BBC News, retrieved 21 Sep 2026

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
pike

Origin

  1. Old Norsegedda“pike”
  2. Middle Englishgedde
  3. Englishged

From Middle English gedde, from Old Norse gedda (“pike”), cognate with Icelandic gedda (“pike”), Danish gedde (“pike”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

ged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ged

MLA

“ged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ged. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ged,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ged.

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