Jastrow: גְּזַם

גְּזַם, גְּזִים ch. same 1) to cut. Y. Orl. III, 63ᵃ top גָּזֵים וכ׳, v. גְּזִיזָה. —2) to threaten. Targ. Prov. XVI, 30 (h. text קרץ). Shebu. 46ᵃ עביד איניש דגזים וכ׳ a man frequently threatens mischief and does not do it. Ib. הכי נמי ג׳ וכ׳ (not דג׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) in this case, too, he may have threatened and not done it. —3) to speak hyperbolically. B. Mets. 104ᵇ, v. גּוּזְמָא.