Gillespie

[ gi-les-pee ]

noun

1. John Birks [burks] Dizzy, 1917–93, U.S. jazz trumpeter and composer.

Gillespie

/ ɡɪˈlɛspɪ /

noun

1. GillespieDizzy19171993MUSMUSIC: jazz trumpeter Dizzy, nickname of John Birks Gillespie. 1917–93, US jazz trumpeter

Example Sentences

Gillespie had broken the code of a ransomware strain called GoGoogle, and was helping victims without any fanfare, when Bitdefender released a decryption tool in May 2020.

From MIT Technology Review

Robinson-Earl added 14 points, six rebounds and five assists, and Gillespie finished with 12 points, five assists and three rebounds.

From Washington Post

“There are instances where you need to remove the child into a quieter type of environment, but the goal here is to have the school personnel continue to work with the child rather than just locking them up and moving them out,” Gillespie said.

From ProPublica

Before the Senate’s unanimous vote, Gillespie told fellow legislators that shutting kids inside seclusion rooms “actually tends to exacerbate the behaviors” that school workers are trying to address.

From ProPublica

I asked Gillespie what it means that Holy Rood Cemetery has been resurrected.

From Washington Post

All but Ed Gillespie in Virginia won, and even Gillespie made significant gains among female voters compared to now-Gov.

From The Daily Beast

Gillespie explained that this research did find a connection between the number of likely black voters and black elected leaders.

From The Daily Beast

Gillespie had forensic-imaging experts examine photos taken of the plane and its patched-over window at the Miami airport.

From The Daily Beast

Gillespie finds true romance in reasoning, and he was intrigued.

From The Daily Beast

Gillespie and his organization then took the piece to the U.S. Air Force restoration shop.

From The Daily Beast

Highland gentlemen of every degree are mostly fond of Gillespie; while operatives from the Lowlands generally prefer plain Scotch.

From Project Gutenberg

The fish has not been reported by fishermen since that time to the knowledge of Mr. Gillespie or of the writer.

From Project Gutenberg

Gillespie coached him on parliamentary matters, and in time the reports became technically as well as artistically good.

From Project Gutenberg

Formerly it had been done by a man named Gillespie, but Gillespie was now clerk of the house.

From Project Gutenberg

And then there was Sister Gillespie, and a house full of young Gillespies, and they were all so glad to see me.

From Project Gutenberg