gen1
/dʒɛn
/British informal
noun [mass noun]
Information: you’ve got more gen on him than we have...
- For more information and pricing details please call Mojo for the latest gen.
- He often has the inside gen on cool stuff happening online and in London.
- Amir has the gen on what's happening in Iranian politics at the moment.
verb (gens, genning, genned) [no object]
1 (gen up on) Find out about: we genned up on the agencies that had done the work...
- In preparation for today he has been genning up on repeats.
- Smith has been genning up on her kung fu moves and Dundee's martial arts community is already booking in numbers.
- One minute you're all genned up on the digestion of proteins, then you're writing about the beauty of Mozart's operas.
1.1 [with object] (gen someone up) Provide someone with information: as everything’s finalized, I can gen you up properly...
- Working under Gough and his assistant proved an attraction for a tenacious performer whose Scottish father Michael genned him up on the pair's pedigree.
- Anyway I'm looking forward to meeting some of you at some stage soon although Jon will have to be my mentor and gen me up on this car.
- Any information or links to gen me up would be much appreciated.
Origin
Second World War (originally used in the armed services): perhaps from the first syllable of general information.
Rhymes
gen2
/dʒɛn/noun informal
Short for generation. the next gen of consoles third-gen data protocols...
- Enhanced offerings will include Internet broadband access, media, IPTV, online gaming, and messaging, as well as next-gen services.
- If Mathew's parents were both born here, doesn't that make his grandparents first gen, and him third gen?
- RSS readers are not that social, even with so-called "next gen" newsreaders that recommend sites based on what you already read.