gissa

English

Alternative forms

• gizza

Etymology

give us a

Contraction

gissa

1. (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

• assig

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gisse

Etymology

Related to Swedish gissa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²jɪsːɑ/

Verb

gissa (present tense gissar, past tense gissa, past participle gissa, passive infinitive gissast, present participle gissande, imperative gissa/giss)

1. to guess

Synonyms

• gjeta
• gjetta (most common)
• tippa

References

• “gissa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• gißa (obsolete typography)

Etymology

From Old Norse *gitsa, *getsa.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

gissa (present gissar, preterite gissade, supine gissat, imperative gissa)

1. to guess (to reach an unqualified conclusion)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gissa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	gissa		gissas
supine	gissat		gissats
imperative	gissa		—
imper. plural1	gissen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	gissar	gissade	gissas	gissades
ind. plural1	gissa	gissade	gissas	gissades
subjunctive2	gisse	gissade	gisses	gissades
present participle		gissande
past participle		gissad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• gissning