"gee up" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-gee up.ogg
Head templates: {{en-interj}} gee up
  1. (directed at a horse) move on!, go faster!
    Sense id: en-gee_up-en-intj-sg~xvrxE

Verb

Audio: En-au-gee up.ogg Forms: gees up [present, singular, third-person], geeing up [participle, present], geed up [participle, past], geed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} gee up (third-person singular simple present gees up, present participle geeing up, simple past and past participle geed up)
  1. (slang) To encourage. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-gee_up-en-verb-FCytSq7~
  2. (slang) To excite in order to try to achieve a desired result. Tags: slang Categories (topical): English animal commands Categories (lifeform): Horses Related terms: giddyup, geed up, gee-gee
    Sense id: en-gee_up-en-verb-OAjr7Hk6 Disambiguation of English animal commands: 27 9 65 Disambiguation of Horses: 16 9 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 9 75 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 22 13 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 13 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 11 71

Inflected forms

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