gissa

• gizza

give us a

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."

• assig

• gisse

Related to Swedish gissa.

• IPA^(key): /²jɪsːɑ/

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

1. to guess

• gjeta
• gjetta (most common)
• tippa

• “gissa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• gißa (obsolete typography)

From Old Norse *gitsa, *getsa.

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

1. to guess (to reach an unqualified conclusion)

• gissning