Used in a Sentence

geezer

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for geezer.

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Even better, at 16:13, the machine races an old geezer with a mechanical desk calculator.

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Quick take

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Term of address for a male.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of geezer gathered in one view.

noun

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Term of address for a male.

noun

(archaic, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Wife; old woman.

noun

(South Africa) Alternative form of geyser (“domestic water boiler”). [(planetology, geology, volcanology) A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for geezer.

noun

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Term of address for a male.

noun

(archaic, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Wife; old woman.

noun

(South Africa) Alternative form of geyser (“domestic water boiler”). [(planetology, geology, volcanology) A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.]

Example sentences

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Even better, at 16:13, the machine races an old geezer with a mechanical desk calculator.

2

Old geezer here: Does anyone know how often the songs on a CD are played?

3

Communities are based entirely upon trust, and no one wants to trust an old geezer.

4

In Birmingham, its the geezer down the market replacing the glass on phones so far.

5

BTW, every geezer on Medicare thinks they're entitled to it, just like every farmer getting a farm subsidy thinks he's entitled to it.

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As well, I found Python to be easy for an old geezer to learn, and to write reasonably bug free code.

7

If only there was a physical challenge during the hiring process, then this geezer would be a shoe-in!

8

But i'm a complainy geezer who likes magit.

9

For any elderly geezer over the age of, perhaps, 30, walking into a social occasion and ignoring the meatspace people to instead play with a phone would be considered intentionally highly insulting.

10

There was a geezer with a tiny office high in a big old seafront office building who had 5 phones on his desk and who would buy empty space on ships then sell it on.

11

I guess I don't want to belabor this too much, and maybe this tags me as an old geezer, but I have personally known families with children, who only owned one automobile.

12

I'm in my mid-20s and I actually work in SV but I already sound like a old geezer when talking to some of my peers about the tech industry's near term prospects.

Quote examples

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The "geezer" with 10 years of C++ probably wants a lot more money than the guy straight out of college.

2

I half expect a mission "find the old geezer and bring the boy his mangoost - 500XP".

3

Yeah, it's better to trust a liar than a "geezer".

4

And one old geezer sold me a "mangoost".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use geezer in a sentence?

Even better, at 16:13, the machine races an old geezer with a mechanical desk calculator.

What does geezer mean?

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Term of address for a male.

What part of speech is geezer?

geezer is commonly used as noun.