Go-by

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Goby \Go"by\, n.; pl. {Gobies}. [F. gobie, L. gobius, gobio, Gr.
     ? Cf. {Gudgeon}.] (Zool.)
     One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus
     {Gobius} and allied genera.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Go-by \Go"-by`\, n.
     A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting
     away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the
     go-by.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Some songs to which we have given the go-by. --Prof.
                                                    Wilson.
     [1913 Webster] gocart

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  goby
       n : small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having
           a large head and elongated tapering body having the
           ventral fins modified as a sucker [syn: {gudgeon}]