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Gist

dʒɪst

Gist definitions

noun

Inflections:

gist gists

the substance or general meaning of a speech or text

"it was hard to get the gist of Pedro's talk"

Synonyms:
essence substance quintessence main idea/theme central idea/theme nub core heart heart of the matter nucleus kernel pith marrow meat burden crux important point
the real point of an action

"damage is the gist of the action and without it the plaintiff must fail"
chat or gossip

"I decided to spend the night at his place catching up on all the gist from the wedding"

verb

Inflections:

gist gisted gisting gists