Definitions from Wiktionary (GIST)

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

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