Gage (Noun)
Meaning 1
Street names for marijuana.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- He's been caught smoking gage on multiple occasions.
- She rolled a blunt and started passing it around the circle, offering each of us a hit of gage.
- He claimed he could get a kilo of top-shelf gage for a thousand bucks.
- If you want some of the good gage, I can take you to my connection's house.
- There was a whole operation of growing gage hidden away in the back room.
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Meaning 2
A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc..
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The machinist used a gage to measure the thickness of the metal sheet before cutting it.
- The meteorologist checked the rain gage to determine the total amount of precipitation that had fallen overnight.
- The engineer used a precision gage to calibrate the instruments in the laboratory.
- The farmer checked the soil moisture gage to determine if it was time to irrigate the crops.
- The quality control inspector used a gage to measure the diameter of the manufactured parts.