Goody vs. Gift

Goodyinterjection

(informal) Used to indicate pleasure or delight.

Giftnoun

Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.

Goodynoun

(informal) A small amount of something good to eat.

Giftnoun

A talent or natural ability.

‘She had a gift for playing the flute.’;

Goodynoun

(informal) Any small, usually free, item.

Giftnoun

Something gained incidentally, without effort.

Goodynoun

(Ireland) Pudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.

Giftnoun

The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.

‘The office is in the gift of the President.’;

Goodynoun

(obsolete) Goodwife, a 17th-century puritan honorific.

Giftverb

(transitive) To give as a gift or donation.

Goodynoun

(informal) hero, good character in a story

Giftverb

(transitive) To give away, to concede easily.

Goodynoun

That which is good, the good part of something, which one desires to extract or use up.

Giftnoun

Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

‘Shall I receive by gift, what of my own, . . .I can command ?’;

Goodynoun

An American fish, the lafayette or spot.

Giftnoun

The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President.

Goodynoun

A bonbon, cake, or the like; - usually in the pl.

Giftnoun

A bribe; anything given to corrupt.

‘Neither take a gift, for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise.’;

Goodynoun

An American fish; the lafayette or spot.

Giftnoun

Some exceptional inborn quality or characteristic; a striking or special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking.

Goodynoun

Goodwife; - a low term of civility or sport.

Giftnoun

A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession.

Goodyadjective

Weakly or sentimentally good; affectedly good; - often in the reduplicated form goody-goody.

Giftverb

To endow with some power or faculty. See gift{4}.

‘He was gifted . . . with philosophical sagacity.’;

Goodynoun

something considered choice to eat

Giftnoun

something acquired without compensation

Giftnoun

natural qualities or talents

Giftnoun

the act of giving

Giftverb

give qualities or abilities to

Giftverb

give as a present; make a gift of;

‘What will you give her for her birthday?’;

Gift

A gift or a present is an item given to someone without the expectation of payment or anything in return. An item is not a gift if that item is already owned by the one to whom it is given.