Dictionary

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Pronunciation

• /ɡoʊ ˈfɪɡ(j)ɚ/ (General-American)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

Calque of Yiddish גיי װייס (gey veys).

Meanings

1. Expresses perplexity, puzzlement, or surprise (as if telling somebody to try to make sense of the situation).
   • The car wouldn't start yesterday no matter what I did, but today it works just fine. Go figure.
   • It’s hard for some of us to look at a vicious flogger or a set of restraints used to hang someone upside-down and think of them as toys but kinky people do. Go figure. 2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Toys for kinky girls and boys—It’s not just whips and chains anymore.” (chapter 3), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 52:

Forms

Relateds

what are the odds · huh · how about that · no kidding · what do you know · who knows

Translations (33)

nl kun je nagaan (expression of perplexity or surprise) · fi ota siitä sitten selvää (expression of perplexity or surprise) · fi mene ja tiedä (expression of perplexity or surprise) · no forklar (expression of perplexity or surprise) · fi otapa siitä nyt selvää (expression of perplexity or surprise) · es quién lo hubiese imaginado (expression of perplexity or surprise) · no det hadde jeg ikke trodd (expression of perplexity or surprise) · cs to mi hlava nebere (expression of perplexity or surprise) · fr va comprendre (expression of perplexity or surprise) · gl quen sabe (expression of perplexity or surprise) · no skulle du ha sett (expression of perplexity or surprise) · ru пойди́ разбери́ (expression of perplexity or surprise) · gl vai ti saber (expression of perplexity or surprise) · fi otapa siitä sitten selvää (expression of perplexity or surprise) · fi ota siitä nyt selvää (expression of perplexity or surprise) · de stell dir vor (expression of perplexity or surprise) · cs no chápete to (expression of perplexity or surprise) · hu ezt add össze (expression of perplexity or surprise) · es imaginátelo (expression of perplexity or surprise) · he לך תדע (expression of perplexity or surprise) · hu ezt kapd ki (expression of perplexity or surprise) · it vai a capire (expression of perplexity or surprise) · hu erre varrjál gombot (expression of perplexity or surprise) · el τρέχα γύρευε (expression of perplexity or surprise) · cs včil mudruj (expression of perplexity or surprise) · pl i bądź tu mądry (expression of perplexity or surprise) · fr va savoir (expression of perplexity or surprise) · ru пойди́ знай (expression of perplexity or surprise) · fr va savoir pourquoi (expression of perplexity or surprise) · pt vai entender (expression of perplexity or surprise) · fi mene tiedä (expression of perplexity or surprise) · no rare greier (expression of perplexity or surprise) · es imaginate (expression of perplexity or surprise)