Definitions for guv

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Spelling: [guhv]
IPA: /gʌv/

Guv is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 13 anagrams from letters in guv (guv).

Definitions for guv

noun

  1. term of address used to a man, especially by a younger man, boy, employee, or social inferior.
  2. governor (def 6).

Origin of guv

First recorded in 1850-55; by shortening and respelling

Examples for guv

Beg yer pardon, guv'nor, but could yer lend me a bathin' suit?

Tell ye what, jedge, that feller'll be guv'ner of a State one of these days.

The guv quipped, “Here in California, they do have men that become women.”

Not as the guv'nor do anything more'n his duty in puttin' of him out—nowise!

Will it make any difference, guv'nor, if I speaks the truth?

"You've got the bulge on me this time, guv'nor," he admitted ruefully.

Gawd love you, guv'nor, they'd fight 'ell's blazes, them chaps would!

"There ain't no use in stoppin' 'ere, guv'nor," the latter had said.

And, jerking his head back towards the room behind him, "guv'nor's got it now."

Prescott, did you get a letter from my guv'nor this morning?

Word Value for guv
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Words with friends

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