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GIST

/d͡ʒɪst/

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What does GIST mean?

noun

  1. The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.
  2. Gossip, rumour; (countable) an instance of this.
  3. A sharable snippet of source code, especially on the version controlled pastebin-hosting site GitHub Gist.
More meanings (5)

verb

  1. To extract and present the main ideas or substance, or the most essential parts of (a document, piece of writing, etc.); to abridge, to summarize.
  2. To talk idly; chat; also, to gossip.

noun

  1. Initialism of gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
  2. (dated) The essential ground for action in a lawsuit, without which there is no cause of action; the gravamen.
  3. (obsolete) A stop for lodging or rest in a journey, or the place where this happens; a rest.

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IPA pronunciation

/d͡ʒɪst/

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You have read my work, sir, and you know the gist of my tedious and scholastic lucubrations.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
Dorothea told him that she had seen Lydgate, and recited the gist of her conversation with him about the Hospital.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
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The continental troops, under De Kalb and Gist, with inferior numbers, stood their ground and maintained the unequal conflict with great firmness.
William Dobein JamesA Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a History of His BrigadeProject Gutenberg ebook #923
She paused as if she felt it indecorous to speak of her pregnancy before Pierre, though the gist of the matter lay in that.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
It means, rather, a perfect grasp of the gist of the story, with sufficient familiarity with its form to determine the manner of its telling.
Sara Cone BryantHow to Tell Stories to Children, and Some Stories to TellProject Gutenberg ebook #474