gen

noun7

1. •
   (informal) A generation (group of people born in a specific range of years).
2. •
   [in compounds] (informal) A specific version of something in a chronological sequence.
3. •
   Information about the location of a bird.

   • I had some recent gen that they had been seen quite recently at Kunoth Well, a little dot on the map on the edge of the Tanami Desert. — 2005
4. •
   (UK, informal) Information.

   • Nose around any modest-sized station and the odds are you'll find that the chargeman's office doubles as a bashers' club, a place where shivering spotters can get warm and catch up on the gen. — 2015
5. •
   (slang) A generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy).
6. •
   (slang) Fan fiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex.
7. •
   (slang, no longer used) A shilling.

   • "Give me two gen, then, and take the whole bloody tol. I've walked me teef orf afore rouf this mornin', and wot 'ave I got? Two bloody yenneps! I ask yer." — 1978

adjective1

1. •
   general

verb2

1. •
   To generate using an automated process, especially a computer program.

   • Defining the devices so that they will be genned during the sysgen and installation is the other half. — 1991
2. •
   To genetically engineer.

   • Samples could be taken from the original, and plans could be made, but genning could not be initiated until death had occurred. — 2008

adverb1

1. •
   (Internet) Clipping of genuinely.

adjective1

1. •
   Abbreviation of general.

adverb1

1. •
   Abbreviation of generally.

noun5

1. •
   Abbreviation of generation.
2. •
   Abbreviation of general.
3. •
   Abbreviation of gender.
4. •
   Abbreviation of genitive.
5. •
   Abbreviation of genus.

noun2

1. •
   Abbreviation of General (military rank).
2. •
   Abbreviation of general (business or agency description).

noun1

1. •
   (US) Initialism of group exemption number.

noun1

1. •
   A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement.