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▪ I. garage, n.|ˈgærɑːʒ, ˈgærɪdʒ|
[F. garage, f. garer to shelter.]
1. a. A building, either private or public, intended for the storage and shelter of motor vehicles while not in use. b. A commercial establishment that sells petrol, oil, and similar products and freq. also undertakes the repair and servicing of motor vehicles. Also attrib. and Comb.
1902Daily Mail 11 Jan. 6/7 The new ‘garage’ founded by Mr. Harrington Moore, hon. secretary of the Automobile Club... The ‘garage’, which is situated at the City end of Queen Victoria-street,..has accommodation for eighty cars. 1902Times 1 Mar. 4/3 Motor Garage. 1902A. C. Harmsworth et al. Motors 65 The simplification of the motor engine and the establishment of garages. Ibid. 306 In stations or ‘garages’ where a number of cars are kept. 1909Westm. Gaz. 13 Apr. 4/2 A Midland firm of garage proprietors. Ibid. 18 Nov. 5/3 Customers who need garage room for business and private vehicles. 1934P. A. Reynolds Garage Organiz. & Managem. i. 4 The third type of garage is..the Full Service business, which caters, in addition to the services already mentioned, for repairs of every description. 1940C. S. Lewis Let. 1 Jan. (1966) 174 Garage-hands and motor touts. 1958[see forecourt]. 1965New Society 11 Nov. 8/3 Whether it is garage or street parking or car ports..most people want their cars conveniently near their homes... The garage court is sometimes advanced as a compromise. 1971‘H. Calvin’ Poison Chasers i. 9 The garage man..had come into the public bar. 1971Oxford Times 3 Dec. 24 (Advt.), Excellently maintained detached freehold House... Separate access to brick garage.
2. A hangar for the storage of aircraft. (Disused.)
1909A. Berget Conquest of Air ii. vii. 280 The construction of garages, landing stations and shelters.
3. Special Comb. garage sale U.S., a sale of unwanted used goods and possessions, usu. held (in the garage of) a private house; cf. yard sale s.v. yard n.1 6 (c).
1966Daily Union (Sacramento) Family Weekly Mag. 17 July 12/2 A couple..held a *garage sale on three consecutive weekends and..sold out..countless items. 1982Chicago Sun-Times 21 Sept. 16/1 You can sell just about anything at a garage sale—including bowling trophies or a single boxing glove—if you know how.
Sense 3 in Dict. becomes 4 a. Add: 3. a. The style of pop music played by or associated with garage bands (see sense *4 a below).
1983Washington Post 1 Dec. d9/1 This so-called psychedelic movement, embodying both revisionists and revivalists, touches on diverse styles: garage, folk-rock, power pop, psychedelia and mid-period Dylan. 1984Sounds 29 Dec. 12/1 There's garage, psychedelia and some heavy reggae toasting coming out of London. 1986Los Angeles Times 18 Jan. v. 2/5 The music being made by '60s-influenced groups at the Cavern is far more varied than might be expected, ranging from raw garage to textured psychedelic.
b. [After Paradise Garage, the name of a dance club in Manhattan, New York City.] A New York variety of house music, influenced by soul, and with powerful vocals and a strong emphasis on the lyrics.
1987Blues & Soul 3–16 Feb. 14/1 From New York comes this ‘garage’ instrumental, basically more useful for deejays in a ‘House’ mix rather than a great record on its own merit. 1988Music Week 10 Dec. 14/4 Although commonly interchanged and by no means mutually exclusive, the two terms should be understood to mean separate things, ‘garage’ relating quite strictly to New York productions and ‘deep house’ to—well—deep, soulful, and often mystically tinged ‘house’. 1990Blitz Oct. 73/1 Tackhead singer Bernard Fowler voiced what many consider to be the garage anthem, the Peech Boys' ‘Don't Make Me Wait’.
4. a. garage band (orig. U.S.), an amateur rock band which rehearses in a garage, or (by extension) any band whose performance is characteristically loud, energetic, but somewhat unpolished; freq. attrib. (see also sense *3 a above).
1977Zigzag June 41/1 This is a very good first LP indeed, and actually bears a lot of resemblance to the original *garage band punks of 60s America, such as The Shadows of Knight and The Blues Magoos. 1980I. Birch in J. Collis Rock Primer 281 An idiosyncratic version of ‘Hey Joe’ that updated the garage-band staple through a sustained reference to urban terrorist Patty Hearst. 1984Southern Rag No. 22. 9/2 It'd certainly be interesting to get back to the garage band approach; loads of enthusiasm and no technique. 1986Auckland Metro Feb. 160/3 And if you haven't been in at least one garage band at the age of 14 you might as well drown yourself.
b. Used ellipt. for garage band (sense *4 a above) in attrib. use (esp. in names for hybrid types of rock music) or as adj. to denote the raw, energetic style associated with garage bands.
1982N.Y. Rocker Jan. 29/4 Dirty funk groups have a true garage sound that provides, in music, lyrics and attitude, nearly all that punk once promised. 1985Sounds 27 July 30/6 The Exotics played garage punk in the classic Texan style with over-the-top vocals and a wondrous squeaky organ sound. 1988Sydney Morning Herald 9 Apr. 76/3 Revivals of 1960s garage punk recently dominant in Sydney. 1990Rolling Stone 22 Mar. 116/4 No self-respecting garage-rock collection should be without a Sonics platter.
▪ II. garage, v.|ˈgærɑːʒ, ˈgærɪdʒ|
[f. prec.]
trans. To place (a motor vehicle) in a garage for storage or repairs; to accommodate (a motor vehicle) at a garage. Also absol.
1906Daily Chron. 26 May 3/7 They will garage your car.., wash it, clean it, adjust it, repair it, keep it always at ‘concert pitch’. 1907(title) Where to garage. 1928Galsworthy Swan Song vii. 55 Having garaged his car, he remembered that he had not lunched. 1972Daily Tel. 3 Feb. 15/3 We hope it will not be too long before Mr Hayward can..garage his car.
Hence ˈgaraging vbl. n., garage accommodation.
1926Glasgow Herald 23 Mar. 9 One or two of the great London stores which had provided garaging for the use of their customers. 1936Evening Standard 30 May 14/1 To save himself 7s. 6d. a week garaging. 1968–9A.A. Continental Handbk. 375/2 There are facilities for garaging, minor repairs, and refuelling. |