8Mud said:
I've never have figured out whether it's gauge or gage, just know it isn't gag. My smell checker is no help at all.
Compact Oxford English Dictionary
gag
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noun a joke or funny story or act.
gage /gayj/
archaic
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noun 1 a valued object deposited as a guarantee of good faith.
2 a glove or other object thrown down as a challenge to fight.
gauge /gayj/ (
chiefly US also
gage)
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noun 1 an instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something.
2 the thickness, size, or capacity of a wire, sheet, tube, bullet, etc., especially as a standard measure.
3 the distance between the rails of a line of railway track.
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verb 1 estimate or determine the amount or level of.
2 judge or assess (a situation, mood, etc.).
3 measure the dimensions of with a gauge.
4 (
gauged) made in standard dimensions.
There ya' go. :laugh3: