genie

ge·nie | \ ˈjē-nē

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plural genies also genii\ ˈjē-nē(-ˌī)

How to pronounce genii (audio)

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Definition of genie

1 : jinni sense 1

2 : a magic spirit believed to take human form and serve the person who calls it

Examples of genie in a Sentence

He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie.

Recent Examples on the Web Their genie of a quarterback was largely contained to his bottle. — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, "Five Things We Learned from the Ravens’ 24-17 win over the Buffalo Bills," 9 Dec. 2019 Attempts by Lam to get the genie back in the bottle have proven unsuccessful, as the protests have outpaced her. — James Griffiths, CNN, "Hong Kong's summer of discontent is now longer than 2014's Umbrella Movement ... and isn't over yet," 26 Aug. 2019 To become a prince, to be rescued from drowning, and to free the genie; 16. — Ariel Nagi, Seventeen, "Only True Fans Can Ace This Ultimate Disney Trivia Quiz," 27 Feb. 2020 His pivot from helming scrappy underworld tales like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch to turning Will Smith into a blue genie in last year’s Aladdin may be one of show business’ more unlikely trajectories. — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, "Guy Ritchie gets his gangster ya-yas out again in The Gentlemen: Review," 23 Jan. 2020 The hydrogen bomb really is like the genie which escaped from the bottle. — Paul Kennedy, WSJ, "‘The Bomb’ Review: Down the Nuclear Rabbit Hole," 31 Jan. 2020 But the genie is way out of the bottle, and culture doesn’t follow Washington’s timeline. — Polina Marinova, Fortune, "Viral Video App TikTok Is Here to Stay," 7 Jan. 2020 At first, Amazon’s digital genie didn’t do much more than play music, recite calendar events, turn on lights, and order kitty litter refills. — Popsci Staff, Popular Science, "The best tech of the last decade," 27 Dec. 2019 Follow the story as Aladdin frees a genie from a lamp and finds his wishes granted. — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, "Dayton HS fine arts to present Disney’s Aladdin Dec. 6-7," 25 Nov. 2019

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“Genie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/genie. Accessed 29 May. 2020.

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