<B>gruff, </B>adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>deep and harsh; hoarse. <BR> <I>Ex. a gruff voice.</I> (SYN) guttural. <DD><B> 2. </B>rough, rude, unfriendly, or bad-tempered. <BR> <I>Ex. a gruff manner.</I> (SYN) grumpy, brusque, impolite, surly. <DD><B> 3. </B>containing coarse particles. <DD><I>v.i., v.t. </I> to act, speak, or say in a gruff manner. <BR> <I>Ex. Tough, burly Johnson gruffed: "This is the first time I've ever been called a handmaiden" (Time).</I> adv. <B>gruffly.</B> noun <B>gruffness.</B> </DL>
<B>grugru, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Also, <B>grugru palm.</B> <DD> a spiny palm of the West Indies. Its wood is very heavy and durable. <DD><B> 1. </B>Also, <B>grugru worm.</B> <DD> the edible larva of a large weevil of tropical America, that lives in the wood of palm trees. Also, <B>grigri.</B> </DL>
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<B>gruiform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> resembling the crane. </DL>
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<B>Gruis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> genitive of <B>Grus.</B> </DL>
<B>grumble, </B>verb, <B>-bled,</B> <B>-bling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to complain in a rather sullen way; mutter in discontent; find fault. <BR> <I>Ex. He was always grumbling about his food (Anthony Trollope).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to make dull, inarticulate sounds; growl; mumble. (SYN) murmur. <DD><B> 3. </B>to make a low, heavy sound like far-off thunder; rumble. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to express by grumbling. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) to cause to grumble or rumble. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a mutter of discontent; bad-tempered complaint. <DD><B> 2. </B>a low growl. <DD><B> 3. </B>a rumble. <BR><I>expr. <B>grumbles,</B> </I>a grumbling, discontented mood. <BR> <I>Ex. Before we reach Njole I recognize my crew have got the grumbles, and at once inquire into the reason (Mary Kingsley).</I> noun <B>grumbler.</B> </DL>
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<B>grumblingly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> with grumbling or discontent. </DL>
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<B>grumbly, </B>adjective. <B>-blier,</B> <B>-bliest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> like a grumble; inclined to grumble. </DL>
<B>grumous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>containing or like a grume; clotted; thick. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Botany.) formed of clustered grains, as various roots; granulated. </DL>
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<B>grump, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to sulk; grumble. <BR> <I>Ex. His decrepit old manservant grumps and bemoans the good old days (Time).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to say in a grumpy manner. <BR> <I>Ex. "I don't generally approve of these oddballs she goes out with," grumps brother Kell (Time).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> (Informal.) a grumpy person. <BR> <I>Ex. Grandfather ... was always very kind to me. They used to say he was a grump of a man but I couldn't say it (Emily Woolcock).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>grumps,</B> </I>the sulks; a fit of ill humor. <BR> <I>Ex. She had the grumps after staying up too late the night before.</I> </DL>
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<B>grumphie</B> or <B>grumphy, </B>noun, pl. <B>grumphies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) a pig. </DL>
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<B>grumpish, </B>adjective. =grumpy.</DL>
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<B>grumpy, </B>adjective, <B>grumpier,</B> <B>grumpiest,</B> noun, pl. <B>grumpies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> surly; ill-tempered; gruff. <BR> <I>Ex. The grumpy old man found fault with everything.</I> (SYN) cantankerous, crabbed. <DD><I>noun </I> a grumpy person. adv. <B>grumpily.</B> noun <B>grumpiness.</B> </DL>
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<B>grundskola, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a school in Sweden for children 7 to 16 years old. <BR> <I>Ex. The Swedes call it a grundskola, literally a "basic" or "foundation" school, although the last three years of it can be considered a kind of lower secondary school (Saturday Review).</I> </DL>
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<B>Grundy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dies.</B> Usually, <B>Mrs. Grundy.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who censors or supervises the manners and morals of others; social censorship personified. <BR> <I>Ex. And many are afraid of God--And more of Mrs. Grundy (Frederick Locker-Lampson). Only the Mrs. Grundies are seeking moral bogies (Punch).</I> </DL>
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<B>Grundyism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the principles of Mrs. Grundy; conventionalism. </DL>
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<B>grunge, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) something bad, inferior, or ugly. <BR> <I>Ex. Your average American rock-and-roll fan can stand the Dolls' brand of highstrung urban grunge only if it comes from somewhere besides New York--preferably England (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>grungy, </B>adjective, <B>-gier,</B> <B>-giest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) bad, inferior, or ugly. <BR> <I>Ex. a grungy actor, a grungy place.</I> </DL>
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<B>grunion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small fish having silver stripes on its sides, found along the coast of southern California; silversides. </DL>
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<B>grunt, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the deep, hoarse sound that a hog makes. <DD><B> 2. </B>a sound like this. <BR> <I>Ex. This fat boy stood up with a grunt.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>any one of a family of edible sea fishes that grunt when taken out of the water; porkfish. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Slang.) a soldier or marine who fights at the front; infantryman. <BR> <I>Ex. The new warrant officer-pilots avoid both the "hassling" that the grunt endures and the responsibilities that an officer carries (Time).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to make the deep, hoarse sound of a hog. <DD><B> 2. </B>to make a sound like this; grumble. <BR> <I>Ex. He grunted in discontent.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) to groan. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to say with a grunt. <BR> <I>Ex. The sullen boy grunted his apology.</I> </DL>
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<B>grunter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or animal that grunts, especially a hog. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=grunt </B>(def. 3). </DL>
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<B>gruntingly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> with grunting. </DL>
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<B>grunting ox,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the common, domestic yak. </DL>
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<B>gruntle, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-tled,</B> <B>-tling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to utter a low grunt; murmur; grumble. <BR> <I>Ex. The dissatisfied customers kept gruntling about the poor service in the restaurant.</I> </DL>
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<B>gruntled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> pleased; contented. <BR> <I>Ex. The happy sound of gruntled ballet fans filled the Metropolitan Opera house (Clive Barnes).</I> </DL>
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<B>gruntwork, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. and Canadian Informal.) low, menial work. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the dirty, tedious gruntwork needed to make a campaign successful (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>gruppetto, </B>noun, pl. <B>-petti.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) turn. <BR> <I>Ex. The slow movement of Brahams' sonata would have flowed more easily had he not ... reduced his trills to precise, five-note gruppetti (London Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>Grus, </B>noun, genitive <B>Gruis.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a southern constellation near Capricorn. </DL>
<B>grutch, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Dialect.) <DD><I>v.i. </I> to grumble; complain. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to give or let have unwillingly; begrudge. <DD><I>noun </I> dislike of long standing; ill will. </DL>
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<B>Gruyere, </B>noun, or <B>Gruyere cheese,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of firm, light-yellow cheese made from whole milk. </DL>
<B>grysbok, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, reddish-brown South African antelope. </DL>
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<B>g.s.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> ground speed (of an aircraft). </DL>
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<B>GS</B> (no periods) or <B>G.S.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Bureau of General Services of the United Nations Secretariat. <DD><B> 2. </B>general staff. <DD><B> 3. </B>Girl Scouts. </DL>
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<B>GSA</B> (no periods) or <B>G.S.A.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) General Services Administration. </DL>
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<B>G.S.A.</B> or <B>GSA</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Girl Scouts of America. </DL>
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<B>GSE</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> ground support equipment. </DL>
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<B>GSP</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> gross social product. </DL>
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<B>GSR</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> galvanic skin response. </DL>
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<B>G string,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a strip of cloth passing between the legs and held up by a cord around the waist. <DD><B> 2. </B>the string of a musical instrument tuned to G. <DD><B> 3. </B>a single-wire method of television transmission. </DL>
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<B>G-suit, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a suit containing automatically inflated air bladders, worn by a pilot or astronaut to counteract the effects of gravity and prevent blackout. </DL>
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<B>GT</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> gran turismo. </DL>