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gills

/ ɡɪ±ô³ú /

plural noun

  1. sometimes singular the wattle of birds such as domestic fowl
  2. green around the gills or green about the gills informal.
    looking or feeling nauseated
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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see fed to the gills ; green about the gills .
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But how could I not arrive stuffed to the gills?

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The film, about a crew chosen to colonize a new planet as Earth teeters on habitability, is packed to the gills with scathing takedowns of fascism and how its proponents advocate for the socioeconomic divide.

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She assured me of its quality, and I confirmed it: shiny eyes, bright red gills, firm, smooth skin.

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Elphaba’s is made of crooked tiers of micro pleats that gather under the brim to resemble mushroom gills.

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One of the ships was a Belgian relief vessel; the other was the SS Mont-Blanc, a French munitions ship packed to the gills with explosives such as TNT, picric acid, benzol and guncotton.

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