[usuallypl.] one of the openings on the side of a fish's head that it breathes through
IDIOMS
to the gills (informal) completely full:
I was stuffed to the gills with chocolate cake.
Part of speech: noun
a unit for measuring liquids. There are four gills in a PINT.
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