גּוּזְמָא, (גּזַם) a figure of speech, hyperbole. B. Mets. 104ᵇ ג׳ בעלמא הוא דקגזים he used only a hyperbolical expression (‘a thousand Zuz’). Arakh. 11ᵃ וסימנך מתניתא ג׳ and thy mnemotechnical sign (to remember who said a hundred and who a thousand) be: the Boraitha (or Mishnah) frequently uses hyperboles. Bets. 4ᵃ; a. fr.—V. הֲבַאי.