[ 'garα:(d)ʒ , -ɪdʒ , gə'rα:ʒ ]
■ noun
1》 a building for housing a motor vehicle or vehicles.
2》 an establishment which sells fuel or which repairs and sells motor vehicles.
3》 a style of unpolished energetic rock music. [from the idea of amateur bands practising in ~s.]
4》 (also UK ~ ) a form of dance music incorporating elements of drum and bass, house music, and soul, characterized by a rhythm in which the second and fourth beats of the bar are omitted.
■ verb put or keep (a motor vehicle) in a ~.
Origin
early 20th cent.: from Fr., from garer 'to shelter'.