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Giant giraffes gambol in the grass with green geckoes.

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G is for Guitar

A guitar is a musical instrument that is typically made from wood, with six strings, although you can also get more strings. This entry is about the acoustic guitar that doesn't require an electronic amplifier to work. Guitars have been around for thousands of years in various forms, and today they are one of the most popular instruments. Acoustic guitars are most often played as a backing instrument. Guitars are typically used in modern folk, pop and rock music, although the electric guitar is more common in modern rock and pop that you hear every day on the radio.

G is for Gulf

A gulf is a large bay where land meets part of an ocean or sea.

G is for Gull

Gulls are a family of similar sea birds. The most common gulls are called seagulls. Gulls are usually white and grey, sometimes with patches of black.

G is for Gum

Gum is a very chewy food, usually candy.

Gum that is meant to be chewed a long time is called chewing gum.

G is for Gumboots

Gumboots, also known as Wellington boots, galoshes or rainboots, are rubber boots made to keep your feet clean and dry when working in wet, messy conditions.

G is for Gums

Gums are the pink lining of your mouth around your teeth. When your gums get inflamed, it is called gingivitis. Keeping your teeth and gums clean and healthy helps to prevent gingivitis.

G is for Gun

A gun in common language usually means a hand-held device that is used for firing a bullet or other projectile at high speed. Guns are used largely by police and the military.

G is for Gut

Gut is a slang word for your stomach and intestines or just that part of your body - the man in the picture has a large gut.
When you are preparing a whole animal to be cooked, the process of gutting it is the process of removing its internal organs, including its stomach and intestines.

G is for Gutter

Gutters are channels that are used to carry water away to somewhere else. Gutters can be found around the edges of a roof, to catch the water and take it to storage or into a drain. Gutters are also found at the edges of roads, and sometimes also in the center of a road, to carry water away from the surface of the road.

G is for Guy

Guy is a slang word for a man, but can also be used to refer to people of either gender.

For example, "Hey guys!"

G is for Gymnasium

A gymnasium is an indoor space where you go to exercise or play indoor sport.

G is for Gyros

A gyros, also called a yiros or döner kebab in some countries, is a Greek dish made up of cooked meat, vegetables like tomato and onion, and tzatziki (a kind of cucumber and yoghurt sauce) or garlic sauce wrapped in pita bread.