What it means
In Liverpool slang, gear means brilliant, sound, or just properly good. You’d use it for anything that’s really landed, a tune, a scran, a night out, a trim, whatever. It’s a classic Scouse bit of praise with a slightly old-school shine to it. Here it means excellent, not clothes or equipment.
Usage examples
"That new tune is gear, la, proper had the taxi singin. We ended up in town for one more and stumbled home made up."
"That new chippy is proper gear, best chips this side of the river by a mile."
"The gig last night was gear, the band played two encores and nobody wanted to leave."
"That bird had gear written all over it, la, tunes were boss and nobody wanted to sack it off."
"Your new fade is gear, lad, got you lookin sharp as anything round town."
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