gist

IPA: dʒˈɪst

(countable) The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.
(countable, law, dated) The essential ground for action in a lawsuit, without which there is no cause of action; the gravamen.
(uncountable, Nigeria) Gossip, rumour; (countable) an instance of this.
(obsolete) A stop for lodging or rest in a journey, or the place where this happens; a rest.
(medicine) Initialism of gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

(transitive) To extract and present the main ideas or substance, or the most essential parts of (a document, piece of writing, etc.); to abridge, to summarize.
(intransitive, Nigeria) To talk idly; chat; also, to gossip.

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