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gen1

Pronunciation: /dʒɛn/

British informal
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Definition of gen

noun

[mass noun]
  • information:you’ve got more gen on him than we have

verb (gens, genning, genned)

[no object]
  • (gen up on) find out about:we genned up on the agencies that had done the work
  • [with object] (gen someone up) provide someone with information: as everything’s finalized, I can gen you up properly

Origin:

Second World War (originally used in the armed services): perhaps from the first syllable of general information

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