name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
gast
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɑːst/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ɡæst/
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rhymes with -ɑːst
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rhymes with -æst
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CMU ARPABET: G AE1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To frighten.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
* As a German surname, from Gast (“guest”) (see below). * As an Alemannic German surname, shortened from the personal Germanic names Arbogast and Gastolf (compare German Gasthof). * As a French surname, from Old French gast (“wasteland”).
From Middle English gasten, from Old English gǣstan, from Proto-Germanic *gaistijaną. Also spelled ghast due to association with ghost.