"gages" in the noun sense
1. pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane
street names for marijuana
2. gauge, gage
a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
"gages" in the verb sense
1. bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt
place a bet on
"Which horse are you backing?"
"I'm betting on the new horse"
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