A diminutive of the male given name Gordon.

(archaeology) A medieval Slavonic fortified settlement, typically a group of wooden houses surrounded by a wall of earth and wood, with a palisade running along the top of the bulwark.

(obsolete) An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.

Acronym of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

plural of gord

of, relating to, or being a member of the Nematomorpha

(Greek mythology) The legendary knot tied to a pole near the temple of Zeus in Gordium. / (by extension) Any intricate and complex problem having a simple solution.

Gordianus, name of three Roman emperors.

Of or pertaining to Gordium (now Yassihüyük in Turkey), capital of Phrygia. / Of or pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia / Of the Gordian knot. / Twisted; convoluted; tied as a knot.

(intransitive) To solve a seemingly intractable problem by using a simple solution that is unconstrained by the assumptions that underpin the usual attempts to solve that problem.