geezer en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡizɚ/ (General-American)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈɡiːzə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From guiser. Compare also German Low German Kieser (“an obstinate person; brute; savage”).
Meanings
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dated, in the US, informal) A male person.
See the hoverboard-riding geezer? This close to payin' a G for a shot of my cousin Calvin's molars.
2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Nathan (Simon Manyonda):You are a silly young geezer.
1922, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 19, in Right Ho, Jeeves:
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(Cockney, Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Someone affable but morally dubious; a wide boy.
Geezers need excitement / If their lives don't provide 'em this, they incite violence / Common sense, simple common sense
2002, “Geezers need excitement”, in Original Pirate Material, performed by The Streets:He turned out to be a proper geezer who was willing to listen to my proposition that if he took the door at the Ministry, I would pay him £400 a month to mark my cards.
2003, Carlton Leach, Muscle, John Blake Publishing, →ISBN:When I'd first met Adam, at work when we were both 23, the fact that he seemed a little rough around the edges appealed to me. He was a bit of a geezer, a joker, one of the lads.
2013, Charlotte Ward, Why Am I Always the One Before 'The One'?, Hachette UK, →ISBN:He was a bit of a geezer. Used to box with the Krays when he was a young 'un.
2009, Dreda Say Mitchell, Geezer Girls, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Term of address for a male.
Hi, geezer, you alright?
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(Canada, US, derogatory, informal, mildly, sometimes) An old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.
Why Geezer? Why would a fine arts gallery choose a name that conjures images of a grumpy old guy sitting on the front porch hollering, “get off my lawn”?
2014, The Geezer Gallery, (Please provide the book title or journal name), retrieved 31 Jan 2014:The technical term for a female geezer is "old broad," but this is irrelevant, as nobody in Hollywood makes films about women over 55.
2000 August 25, Moira McDonald, “Outtakes”, in Seattle Times, retrieved 06 Sep 2008:In the right-hand division lay the two old geezers, as Sandy styled the landlord and his wife.
1885, Corin, The Truth about the Stage:
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, archaic, slang) Wife; old woman.
This frizzle-headed old geezer had a chin on her as rough well, as rough as her family, and they're rough 'uns.
1886, Her Mother's Got the Hump:He'd flirt and boat, but never wrote / A note to his old geezer.
1882, J. F. Mitchell, Jimmy Johnson's Holiday:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| geezers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
Portugeezer · geezerlike · geezer teaser · geezerdom · geezerish · geezerly · geezery · geezerbird
Synonyms
gate · wife · crony · joe · old codger · dutch · cock · grandam · 'er indoors · homeboy · geez · cat · gink · chum · babushka · old woman · tovarish · rooster · little woman · seg · cobber · gramps · grimalkin · fam · bruh · wifekin · wifelet · marrow · duck · homeskillet · bro · babber · were · surry · hag · old fart · gogo · ninja · old woman · bag · wer · geezer · old maid · comrade · spiv · fettler · gloak · dawg · mucker · tabby · crone · cove · bloke · gammer · prune · bat · greybeard · chappy · homey · punk · dude · chield · unc · homie · gome · maum · gadgie · dawg · wye · trout · health · old bean · little lady · beldame · friend · old lady · buddy · billy · compadre · broski · boy · guy · better half · wifey · companion · lover · cocker · memsahib · old lady · granny · mate · spinster · mate · good old boy · wide boy · antiquity · shalk · chap · punk · bluehair · old man · carline · her indoors · bride · geezer · gadgie · shag · whitebeard · ball and chain · boss · bud · wallah · geezer · peeps · china · frow · trouble · lede · wifeling · pal · trouble and strife · omi · covey · chuck · gaffer · fellow · chaver · gink · matey · butty · geezer · bredrin · bubbe · lady · trot · bruv · geezer · sport · carlin · pardner · witch · codger · pillicock · missus · biddy · fella · cove · buddo · dog [⇒ thesaurus] (slang) · kith · dude · nigga · wantok
Translations (92)
cmn 老頭子 /老头子 (informal: old person, especially male) · sw manaume (male person) · ka ბებრუცუნა (informal: old person, especially male) · it vecchio rincoglionito (informal: old person, especially male) · ja 爺 (informal: old person, especially male) · fr mec (male person) · ru па́рень (male person) · tr ihtiyar (informal: old person, especially male) · fr gros (informal address to a male) · no gubbe (informal: old person, especially male) · ms lelaki tua (informal: old person, especially male) · ja 老人 (informal: old person, especially male) · es viejales (informal: old person, especially male) · fi ukko (informal: old person, especially male) · cmn 老頭 /老头 (informal: old person, especially male) · el γεροπαράξενος (informal: old person, especially male) · ru стари́к (informal: old person, especially male) · es menda (male person) · es vejarrón (despective) (informal: old person, especially male) · es vetarro (informal: old person, especially male) · es viejarrón (despective) (informal: old person, especially male) · is karlfauskur (informal: old person, especially male) · it capo (informal address to a male) · sh striček (informal: old person, especially male) · es viejales (informal: old person, especially male) · ka ბებრუხანა (informal: old person, especially male) · es vejestorio (informal: old person, especially male) · he תֶּרַח (informal: old person, especially male) · sh starac (informal: old person, especially male) · ja ばばあ (informal: old person, especially male) · de alter Knacker (informal: old person, especially male) · ru кент (male person) · sw kikaramba (informal: old person, especially male) · sv gubbe (informal: old person, especially male) · fr gars (male person) · fi taata (informal: old person, especially male) · tl lalake (male person) · es vejete (informal: old person, especially male) · sk týpek (male person) · de Kerl (male person) · es carcamal (despective) (informal: old person, especially male) · sh čiča (informal: old person, especially male) · fi kaveri (male person) · ru мужи́к (male person) · pt cara (male person) · it vecchiaccio (informal: old person, especially male) · fr daron (informal: old person, especially male) · de Greis (informal: old person, especially male) · pt tipo (male person) · fr bougre (male person) · de alte Schachtel (informal: old person, especially male) · sv snubbe (male person) · de Knacker (informal: old person, especially male) · sv grabb (informal address to a male) · fr gars (male person) · ms Lelaki (male person) · mk де́де (informal: old person, especially male) · ka კაცი (male person) · fi äijä (male person) · ka მოხუცი (informal: old person, especially male) · fr vieillard (informal: old person, especially male) · it tizio (male person) · mk ба́тка (male person) · ja じじい (informal: old person, especially male) · fi ukko (male person) · ru ма́лый (male person) · fi käppänä (informal: old person, especially male) · bg пич (male person) · pt gajo (male person) · ru старуше́нция (informal: old person, especially male) · ka ჯეელი (male person) · cmn 老拙 (informal: old person, especially male) · tr moruk (informal: old person, especially male) · ka ბებერი (informal: old person, especially male) · ka ბიჭი (male person) · pt caboclo (male person) · fi äijä (informal: old person, especially male) · fi horisko (informal: old person, especially male) · fi kääkkä (informal: old person, especially male) · he חְתְיָאר (informal: old person, especially male) · fi kaveri (informal address to a male) · cmn 老東西 /老东西 (informal: old person, especially male) · ka მამაკაცი (male person) · es viejurgo (informal: old person, especially male) · de Typ (male person) · ru чува́к (male person) · pt velho (informal: old person, especially male) · sv gamling (informal: old person, especially male) · nl oude (informal: old person, especially male) · ru старика́шка (informal: old person, especially male) · bg дядка (informal: old person, especially male) · nl gozer (male person)