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English
Etymology
give us a
Contraction
gissa
- (UK, slang, nonstandard, in imperative utterances) Give us a; give me a.
1952, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Sir Owen Seaman, Punch:This bloke comes up to his mate, and says "Ere," 'e says, 'gissa fag, tosh,' 'e says.
2002, Anabel Donald, Be nice:(Pacing up and down in front of the protesting ICKLES, threateningly.) C'mon, Emma, gissa hand here.
2007, Carolyn McCrae, Walking Alone:"An' you're gorgeous, here, gissa kiss."
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Related to Swedish gissa.
Pronunciation
Verb
gissa (present tense gissar, past tense gissa, past participle gissa, passive infinitive gissast, present participle gissande, imperative gissa/giss)
- to guess
Synonyms
References
Swedish
- gißa (obsolete typography)
Etymology
From Old Norse *gitsa, *getsa.
Pronunciation
Verb
gissa (present gissar, preterite gissade, supine gissat, imperative gissa)
- to guess (to reach an unqualified conclusion)
Conjugation