giss

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noun

The general look of a bird.

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Meanings

giss1

verb
  1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of guess.

GISs2

noun
  1. pluralplural of GIS

GISS3

noun
  1. biologyThe general look of a bird.

GISS4

proper noun

alternative Giss

  1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

    The work will, for now, continue in a different, disparate form. “It’s doable but it is disruptive,” said Kate Marvel, a climate scientist at GISS.

    2025 May 21, Oliver Milman, “Godfather of climate science decries Trump plan to shut Nasa lab above Seinfeld diner: ‘It’s crazy’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2025
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    A NASA spokesperson said in a statement “employees would be placed on temporary remote work agreements while NASA seeks and evaluates options for a new space for the GISS team.”

    2025 April 24, Andrew Freedman, “Trump administration cancels top NASA climate lab’s lease at Columbia University”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2025

Giss5

proper noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of GISS.

    “Ours is not to reason why,” said Gavin Schmidt, the current Giss director who noted the lab was only recently renovated at a cost of several million dollars.

    2025 May 21, Oliver Milman, “Godfather of climate science decries Trump plan to shut Nasa lab above Seinfeld diner: ‘It’s crazy’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2025

Origin

Variant of jizz as though originating from initialism of general impression size and shape (a popular folk etymology).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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