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gist

noun
/d͡ʒɪst/US

Etymology

The noun is derived from Old French gist, a noun use of the third person singular indicative of gesir (“to lie down”) (modern French gésir; compare Anglo-Norman (cest) action gist (literally “(law) (this) action lies”)), from Latin iacēre, the present active infinitive of iaceō (“to lie down, lie prostrate, recline”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”) (probably in the sense of something being thrown down). The verb is derived from the noun. The programming sense is a genericized trademark of GitHub Gist, introduced 2008.

  1. derived from *(H)yeh₁-✻ — “to throw”
  2. derived from iacēre
  3. derived from gist

Definitions

  1. The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated…

    The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.

    • I don't wanna belabor my point; I'm sure you get the gist.
    • Should they live and build their church in the American wilderness, their worst dangers would rise in and among themselves rather than outside. That was the gist of the lesson from their pastor and "wellwiller" John Robinson.
    • He was handing her something in an envelope, and she was saying “Oh, Jeeves, you've saved a human life,” and he was saying “Not at all, miss.” The gist, of course, escaped me, but I had no leisure to probe into gists.

  2. The essential ground for action in a lawsuit, without which there is no cause of action

    The essential ground for action in a lawsuit, without which there is no cause of action; the gravamen.

    • [T]heſe charges, of a traiterous or felonious intent, are the points and very giſt of the indictment, and muſt be anſvvered directly, by the general negative, not guilty; […]
    • [H]e is guilty of a dereliction of opinions that are true and laudable. This is the great giſt of the charge againſt him.

  3. Gossip, rumour

    Gossip, rumour; (countable) an instance of this.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A sharable snippet of source code, especially on the version controlled pastebin-hosting…

      A sharable snippet of source code, especially on the version controlled pastebin-hosting site GitHub Gist.

      • For a simple illustration of the issue, take a look at this gist.
      • Every gist created is a tiny repository. You can update gists and see the history using git log. You can download gists, hack on the repository, […]
      • For example, findOrCreate can be implemented as a before-hook on the service's get method. See this gist for an example of how to implement this in a before-hook.

    2. To extract and present the main ideas or substance, or the most essential parts of (a…

      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.

    3. To talk idly

      To talk idly; chat; also, to gossip.

    4. A stop for lodging or rest in a journey, or the place where this happens

      A stop for lodging or rest in a journey, or the place where this happens; a rest.

      • Theſe Quailes have their ſet giſts, to vvit, ordinarie reſting and baiting places.
      • But the Conſul after that he had intelligence that Perſeus had croſſed over to Samothracia, departed from Pella, and at the fourth giſt and journey that he made, came to Amphipolis.

    5. Initialism of gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gist. 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