g n.1
1. (US tramp) a gallon of liquor.
AS IV:5 340: Gee—One gallon of liquor. | ‘Vocab. of Bums’ in
2. (drugs) one grain, usu. of morphine.
Junkie (1966) 156: G . . . One grain. Morphine is the standard for junk measurement. One-half grain of morphine is one ‘fix.’ A capsule of heroin should contain at least the equivalent of a grain of morphine. Heroin is seven times as strong as morphine. | ||
in Heroin in Perspective (1972) 109: Taste refers to the small amount of heroin he is given (known as a G shot). |
3. (drugs) one gram, orig. of heroin or cocaine, and latterly also of cannabis.
🎵 From a Key to a G, Its all about money. | ‘Based on a True Story’||
Curvy Lovebox 25: Course the pukin’s fuck all to do with the two gees o’whizz he does for breakfast. | ||
Crumple Zone 107: Big dick, three gees of kuf an’ air-con in ma car. | ||
(con. 1980s) Skagboys 71: There’s nothing ah can dae, wasted an wi a G ay gear on us. | ||
Decent Ride 31: It’ll cost ye nowt but yir minibar tab n mibbe a couple ay Gs. |
4. a girlfriend.
Sl. Gloss. 🌐 g: girl. |
5. grime music.
on 1Xtra 1 July [BBC radio] Showcasing all the different aspects of UK G. |
6. (drugs) gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB).
ONDCP Street Terms 9: G — [...] Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB). | ||
Headland [ebook] ‘Whatever you need, mate. Charlie, crack, pills, smack, G, P, ice or black’. |
In phrases
(W.I.) to understand, to ‘get the hang of’.
Dict. Carib. Eng. Usage. |
(N.Z.) a flagon of draught beer.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 54/1: half-g flagon of draught beer; shortened form of imperial measure halfgallon. | ||
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988]. | ||
Davey Darling 8: It didn’t matter because he had his jar, his half-G, his flagon. |