gist
/d͡ʒɪst/noun
Middle School
1
The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.
2
The essential ground for action in a lawsuit, without which there is no cause of action; the gravamen.
3
Gossip, rumour; (countable) an instance of this.
4
A sharable snippet of source code, especially on the version controlled pastebin-hosting site GitHub Gist.
Thesaurus
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing
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