plural of gauge

(law) A legal arrangement in which a married couple live in separate homes while remaining legally married.

(transitive, intransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds. / (intransitive) To exhaust a gas with difficulty

(US, military, nautical) A hospital corpsman. / (deprecated, US, military) An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic. / (medicine, military, nonstandard) A military medic.