geep

noun
/ɡiːp/

Etymology

From GP (general purpose locomotive), usually spelt with a capital G.

  1. inherited from *skēpą
  2. inherited from *skāp
  3. inherited from sċēp
  4. inherited from schep
  5. compounded as geep — “goat + sheep

Definitions

  1. A sheep–goat hybrid, an animal with DNA from a goat and from a sheep, whether produced…

    A sheep–goat hybrid, an animal with DNA from a goat and from a sheep, whether produced artificially or by natural intermating.

  2. A nickname for the EMD GP series diesel locomotives.

    • Norfolk & Western was a workhorse of another strain. It dieselized in theory if not in practice a couple of decades before the first Geep hit the property.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for geep. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA