• Geezer

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -iːzÉ™(r)
    • Homophones: geyser (In some dialects)

    Full definition of geezer

    Noun

    geezer

    (plural geezers)
    1. (informal, chiefly British, dated in US) A male person.
      • 1922, P. G. Wodehouse, Right Ho, Jeeves, ch. 19:You are a silly young geezer.
    2. (UK, slang) Informal address to a male.Hi geezer, you alright?
    3. (informal, chiefly US, sometimes mildly derogatory) An old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.
      • 2000, Moira McDonald, "Outtakes," Seattle Times, 25 Aug. (retrieved 6 Sep. 2008):The technical term for a female geezer is "old broad," but this is irrelevant, as nobody in Hollywood makes films about women over 55.
      • 2014, The Geezer Gallery, "http://www.geezergallery.com/content/why-geezer," (retrieved 31 Jan 2014):Why Geezer? Why would a fine arts gallery choose a name that conjures images of a grumpy old guy sitting on the front porch hollering, “get off my lawn”?
    4. (British) A device for boiling water for such domestic uses as heating or washing; a boiler. The normal spelling is water geyser.

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