- one of the openings on the side of a fish’s head that it breathes throughTopics Fish and shellfishc1Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse.
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See gill in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryto the gills
- (informal) until completely full
- I was stuffed to the gills with chocolate cake.
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