See Also: gigster(2)(dictionary)
gigster(1)(dictionary)
healthy(dictionary)
healthy(dictionary)
Healthy(medicine)
Healthy volunteer(health)
Healthy Beginnings Plus(health)
healthy worker effect(medicine)
Healthy Fettuccine Primavera(recipes)
Healthy Zucchini Bread(recipes)

gigster(2) (iou) and healthy (iou)


gigster(2) (iou)



gigster noun2. M20.
[from GIG noun4 + -STER.]
A musician who performs at a gig or gigs.

healthy (iou)



healthy adjective. M16.
[from Health + -Y1.]
Possessing good Health; sound in body, free from disease. M16.
P. Roth Men..young and healthy enough to make a rapid physical recovery from bypass surgery. fig.: J. Gross The infected areas of his work cannot simply be cordoned off from the healthy.
Conducive to Health, salubrious; fig. salutary in effect. M16.
W. S. Churchill London was a healthier place to live in than rural Prussia. J. Krantz Raspberries sounded very healthy to both Dolly and Lester. Oxford Mail The fall [in the market] is a healthy reminder that the small print in the unit trust advertisements..is true.
b. In ironical use: safe, prudent. M19.
G. D. Brewerton It would not have been 'healthy'..for Major Clarke to have entered the place.
Indicative or characteristic of good Health or sound condition (lit. & fig.). Opp. morbid. L16.
Steele With a fresh, sanguine, and healthy Look. H. M. Stanley An interchange of small gifts served as a healthy augury for the future. E. O'Neill Now I'm going to give an honest healthy yell. K. Ishiguro People..need to express their views openly and stronglynow that's a healthy thing.
Of a quantity etc.: gratifyingly or impressively large. colloq. L19.
G. Bordman The healthy salaries stars were beginning to draw. Keyboard Player Output from the monitor speakers is a healthy 20 watts.
healthily adverb M17.
healthiness noun (earlier in UNHEALTHINESS) L17.