Dictionary: GRI – GRT

► GRIB n. a sharp bite with the teeth → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to bite → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRIBBLE vb. to feel with the fingers, to touch → 1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GRICE n. 1. a set or flight of stairs; a step, a stair → 1382 obs. exc. dial.
n. 2. an untidy, ill-mannered person; a sickly or deformed child → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRIDDLE CAKE n. a pancake → 1810 Amer. dial.
► G-RIDE n. a stolen automobile → 1990 African-American sl.
► GRIDE n. a spasm of pain, a pang → 1400 obs.
► GRIEVEMENT n. a hurt, injury → 1708 obs.
► GRIFF n. a tip or piece of news or reliable information → 1891 Brit. sl.
► GRIFFA n. a marijuana cigarette → 1960 African-American sl.
► GRIFFANE n. the offspring of a mulatto and a Black person; a mulatto → 1840 Amer. dial.
► GRIFFE n.  the offspring of a full-blooded African and a mulatto; the child of White and Black parents; the offspring of two mulattoes → 1840 Amer. dial.
► GRIFFIN n. 1. the offspring of a mulatto and a Black person; a mulatto → 1859 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a signal → 1889 sl.
n. 3. a tip, as in racing, etc. → 1891 Brit. sl.
n. 4. a greenhorn; a newcomer → 1892 Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
n. 5. a person resident in China under three years → 1892 Anglo-Chinese (Bk.)
n. 6. a horse fresh from the wilds → 1892 Anglo-Chinese (Bk.)
► GRIFF-METOL n. sixpence → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► GRIFT n. dishonest or corrupt activity → 1914 US sl.
vb. to act dishonestly or corruptly → 1915 US sl.
► GRIFTER n. a small-time criminal → 1915 US sl.
► GRIG adj. merry, lively, happy → 1894 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a person unusually small in stature → 1400 obs.
n. 2. a short-legged hen → 1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 3. a grasshopper; a cricket → 1847 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a pinch, a bite → 1873 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a lively or restless child → 1892 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a greyhound → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 7. a merry companion; a cheerful, lively person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 8. a farthing (1/4d) → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
vb. to pinch, to squeeze → 1842 Eng. dial.
► GRIGGAN n. a grasshopper → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRIGGLES n. small apples remaining on the tree after the crop has been gathered in; small, worthless fruit, vegetables, etc., left after gathering → 1827 Eng. dial.
► GRILL n. 1. the stomach → 1940 African-American sl.
n. 2.  a person from southern Europe → 1957 Aust. sl., derogatory
n. 3. the mouth → 1999 African-American sl.
n. 4. the face; the front teeth → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GRILL CAKE n. a pancake → 1969 Amer. dial.
► GRILL RAT n. a student who spends most of his time i nthe student union grill → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRIM adj. ill → 1984 sl.
► GRIMALKIN n. 1.  a cat, especially an old female cat → 1630
n. 2.  a term of contempt for a jealous or bossy or bad-tempered, unpleasant old woman → 1798
► GRIMBLE vb. to make grimy or dirty → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRIMCHOCKS n. a term of abuse → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRIMFUL adj. fierce, terrible → 1240 obs.
► GRIMGRIBBER n. 1. legal or other technical  jargon; learned gibberish → 1786
n. 2. a lawyer → 1847
► GRIMMET n. a grimy or dirty person → 1900 Eng. dial .(Bk.)
► GRIMMY adj. grimy, dirty → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRIMSIR n. an austere, stern, morose, or overbearing person; a grim old man; a haughty or arrogant person in office → 1450 obs.
► GRIMTHORPE vb. to restore an ancient building with lavish expenditure rather than knowledge or skill and fine taste → 1890
► GRINAGOG n. a stupid, grinning fellow; one who grins without reason or who is always grinning → 1565 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GRINCE n. to grind the teeth → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRINCH n. 1. a bit, a small thing; a short distance → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. a spoilsport or killjoy → 1966 N. Amer. colloq.
► GRIND n. 1. a walk taken for exercise → M19 university sl.
n. 2. intensive study or tuition for an examination, etc. → M19 sl.
n. 3. a long and boring task → 1851 Brit. sl. orig. university usage
n. 4. a hard-working pupil → 1889 US students’ sl.
n. 5. a ferry → L19 Cambridge University sl.
n. 6. an act of sexual intercourse; sexual intercourse → L19 sl.
n. 7. an act of genital copulation → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to study hard with a tutor → M19 arch.
vb. 2. to copulate → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
vb. 3. to sell drugs → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GRINDAGE n. food → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GRINDER n. 1. a molar tooth → 1398
n. 2. a person who works for another → E19 rare
n. 3. an employer of sweated labour → M19
n. 4. a derisive gesture made by putting the thumb to the nose and working the little finger like the handle of a coffee mill → M19 sl.
n. 5. a small coin of money → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
n. 6. a frog → 1904 Amer. dial.
n. 7. a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 8. a submarine sandwich → 1954 Amer. dial.
► GRINDERS n. the teeth → 1398
► GRIND HOUSE n. a cinema showing a continuous programme with no intermissions → 20C US sl.
► GRINDING adj. of pain: excruciating, wearing → L16
► GRINDING GEAR n. the penis → 1970 sl.
► GRINDING GRAVEL n. snoring → 1950 Amer. dial.
► GRINDING-HOUSE n. 1. a house of correction → 17C sl.
n. 2. a brothel → 19C sl.
► GRINDING MILL n. the vagina → 1930 African-American sl.
► GRINDING ROCK n. a grindstone → 1913 Amer. dial.
► GRINDING SMOKE phr. an evasive answer given a child who inquisitively asks what one is doing → 1946 Amer. dial.
► GRINDING TOOL n. the penis → 19C sl.
► GRINDLE n. a horse of mixed colours → 1970 Amer. dial.
vb. to dawdle → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRINDLESTONE n. a grindstone → 1899 Amer. dial.
► GRIND ON vb. to dance very close to one’s partner → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRIND ONE’S OWN BAIT vb. to do as one pleases; to be independent → 1909 Amer. dial.
► GRIND ONE’S TOOL vb. to copulate → 19C sl.
► GRIND-ORGAN n. a machine gun → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GRIND ROCK n. a grindstone → 1895 Amer. dial.
► GRIND SALT vb. to circle around, as a hawk or vulture circling aloft → 1888 Amer. dial.
► GRIND SOMEONE’S COFFEE vb. to copulate with someone → 1928 US sl.
► GRINDSTONE n. a diligent student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl.
► GRINDSTONES n. the teeth → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GRINGLY adj. producing a disagreeable or disgusting sensation → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GRINGO n. used contemptuously by Spanish-Americans to refer to English people of Anglo-Americans → 1849 sl.
► GRINGOPHOBIA n. in Spain or Latin America: an intense dislike of White strangers → 1991 (Bk.)
► GRINGY adj. dirty → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRIN LIKE A STREET KNOCKER vb. to grin like a Cheshire cat; to have a broad fixed smile on one’s face → 1830 colloq.
► GRINNERED adj. ingrained with dirt → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRINNIE n. 1. a ground squirrel → 1928 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a chipmunk → 1949 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a red fox → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GRINSHEEP n. a person who grins sheepishly → 1906 Amer. dial.
► GRINSTER n. a person who smiles in a smirking manner → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRIP n. 1. a twinge of pain; a spasm → 1400 
n. 2. money → 1994 African-American sl.
► GRIPE n. 1. a complaint → 1929 sl., orig. US
n. 2. an unattractive person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 3.  something unattractive → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. to complain → 1928 sl., orig. US
► GRIPE ONE’S ASS vb. to annoy someone; to bother or irritate someone → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► GRIPE ONE’S BUTT vb. to annoy someone; to bother or irritate someone → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► GRIPE ONE’S SOUL vb. to annoy someone → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GRIPE-PENNY n. a niggardly fellow, a miser → 1793
► GRIPER n. a complainer → 1937 sl., orig. US
► GRIPES n. stomach pain → 1601 sl.
► GRIP ONE’S OWN ROPE vb. to rely on one’s own resources; to be independent of outside help → 1917 Sc.
► GRIPPLE-MINDED adj. of a miserly, greedy, or grasping disposition → 1632 obs.
► GRIPPY adj. grasping, avaricious → 19C Sc.
► GRIPULOUS adj. grasping, greedy, avaricious → 1614 obs.
► GRISARD adj. greyish → 1607 obs.
n. a grey-haired man → 1880
► GRIS-GRIS n. 1.  a jinx, charm, spell, or magic force → 1763 Amer. dial.
n. 2.  the body of knowledge, system, or practice of magic or conjuration; a medium of luck → 1967 Amer. dial.
vb.  to make a spell, usually by the waving of hands; to bring bad luck to; to bewitch → 1923 Amer. dial.
► GRISSY adj. of the weather: damp and warm → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRIST n. a large number or quantity → 1832 Amer. dial.
► GRISTLE UP vb. to keep up one’s spirits, to take heart → 1894 Eng. dial.
► GRIT n. 1. courage → 1905 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly → 1968 Amer. dial.
n. 3. food → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. a White person, esp. from the southern US → 2005 African-American sl., potentially offensive
► GRITCH n. a complainer → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
vb. to complain (gripe and bitch) → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GRITCHEL n. a piece of hand luggage; a travelling bag, a suitcase → 1917 Amer. dial.
► GRITCHY adj. complaining; irritable → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GRIT (IT) vb. to eat → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRITLESS adj. cowardly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GRITS n. a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GRITTY adj. courageously determined or persevering, courageous → 1968 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GRITTY AS FISH EGGS ROLLED IN SAND phr. said of one possessing courage → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► GRIZZLEDEMUNDY n. a term of abuse applied to a person who laughs at any trifling thing; a grinning fool; a stupid oaf → 1746 Eng. dial.
► GRIZZLE-POT n. 1. a sulky child, one who is constantly whimpering or whining → 1889 sl.
n. 2. an ill-tempered or melancholy person → 1889 sl.
► GRIZZLY n. an ugly girl → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRIZZLY BEAR STATE n. California → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GROADY adj. 1. disgusting → 1965 US sl.
adj. 2. unkempt, untidy → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
adj. 3. rough or noisy → 1969 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GROAK n. a child who waits about at meal-times in the expectation of getting something to eat → 1892 Sc. & Irish
vb. 1. to look at one watchfully and suspiciously → 1808 Sc.
vb. 2. to whimper, to cry for anything → 1894 Sc.
► GROANER n. a whistling buoy or foghorn → 1903 Amer. dial.
► GROAT n. fourpence → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► GROATY adj. 1. disgusting → 1965 US sl.
adj. 2. physically unattractive → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GROB n. a small, undersized person; a dwarf; an insignificant-looking person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to search or examine by the sense of feeling, as with the hand in a dark place; to grope, to probe → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GROBBLE vb. 1. to feel about as one does in the dark → 1884 Eng. dial.
vb. to loiter, to hang about idly → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to work in an inefficient way; to do rough, dirty work → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GROBBLER n. a person who does odd jobs; an inefficient workman → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GROBIAN adj. slovenly, ill-bred, rude, coarse → 1654
n. a slovenly, ill-bred or coarse fellow; a rude lout, a boor → 1621
► GROCERY n. 1. money → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. a bar or saloon → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► GROCK n. a very small child; anything stunted in growth → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GROD n. a person who is sloppy in appearance or who has an unpleasant personality → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRODDESS n. an especially sloppy woman → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GRODDY adj. disgusting → 1965 US sl.
► GRODY adj. 1. disgusting → 1965 US sl.
adj. 2. overly concerned with girls → 1969 US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRODY TO THE MAX adj. disgusting → 1965 US sl.
► GROFF adj. 1. having harsh features → 1825 Sc.
adj. of language: coarse, vulgar; gross, obscene → 1825 Sc.
adj. large, thick, rough, coarse → 1892 Sc.
► GROG n. alcohol; often applied specifically to beer → 1804 sl.
vb. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GROGAN n. a bowel movement; defecation → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GROG BLOSSOM n. redness of the nose caused by excessive drinking → 1796 sl.
► GROGGIFIED adj. alcohol intoxicated → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GROGGY adj. bewildered; confused; muddled → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GROGHOUND n. a drunkard → 20C US sl.
► GROGIE n. a grey horse or bull → 1897 Sc.
► GROG-SHANTY n. a low drinking place; a grog-shop → 1869 Aust. & NZ obs.
► GROG UP vb. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GROIN n. 1. the seat of lust → E17 euphemism
n. 2. a ring (jewellery) → 1931 sl., chiefly criminals’ usage
n. 3. the male genital area; the testicles → M20 US euphemism
► GROISE ► GROIZE n. 1. intensive study → 1913 Brit. schools’ sl.
n. 2. a hard-working pupil → 1913 Brit. public schools’ sl.
vb. to study hard → 1913 Brit. schools’ sl.
► GROISER ► GROIZER n. a hard-working pupil → 1936 Brit. public schools’ sl.
► GROK vb. 1. to understand something; to appreciate someone or something; to relate to someone or something → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to understand thoroughly; to experience completely → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GROKE vb. to look on silently, like a dog at people while they are eating, hoping to be asked to eat a bit → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► GROLL n. a foolish or superficial person; a gossip, a smatterer → 1637 obs.
► GROM adj. dirty → 1858 Eng. dial.
vb. to soil, to make dirty → 1809 Eng. dial.
► GROMISH vb. to crush severely → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GROMMET n. the female pudend → M19 nautical sl.
► GRONK adj. worthless → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
n. dirt which collects between the toes; also, any dirt → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRONK OUT vb. to crash, as a car or a computer → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GROOM OF THE LADDER n. a hangman → 1640 obs.
► GROOSH adj. very good, excellent → 1825 Sc.
► GROOVE n. 1. one who pleases or delights; something enjoyable → 1946 sl., orig. US jazz usage
n. 2. a phonograph record → 1960 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a something that you find satisfying or fun → 1960 Amer. sl.
vb. 1. to enjoy oneself; to have fun → 1950 sl., orig. US
vb. 2. to please, to delight → 1952 sl., orig. US jazz sl.
vb. 3. to play amorously → 1967 sl.
► GROOVED adj. 1. having a surface bullet wound → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
adj. 2. pleased → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GROOVE IT vb. to enjoy oneself; to have fun → 1950 sl., orig. US
► GROOVE ON vb. to enjoy; to do well → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GROOVE OUT vb. to dance → 1970 US students’ sl.
► GROOVE YARD n. a record store → 1960 Amer. sl.
► GROOVIN’ n. enjoying something → 1960 Amer. sl.
► GROOVY adj. excellent → 1941 sl., orig. US
► GROOZLE vb. 1.  to breathe with difficulty: generally applied to children → 1779 Sc.
vb. 2.  to speak huskily → 1808 Sc.
► GROOZLINS n. intestines → 1825 Sc.
► GROPE n. an instance of groping someone; hence, foreplay involving manual genital stimulation → 1946 sl.
vb. to fondle or attempt to fondle a person’s genitals or a woman’s breasts → 1250 sl.
► GROPE A GULL vb. to swindle an unsuspecting person → 1601 obs.
► GROPER n. a Western Australian, esp. a (descendant of an) early settler → 1899 Aust. sl.
► GROPSEY n. a glutton → 1788 Sc. obs.
► THE GROPSING OF THE EVENING n. dusk, twilight → 1606 Eng. dial. obs.
► GROPUS n. 1. a stupid person → 19C Sc.
n. 2. a coat-pocket → 19C sl.
► GROSE vb. to save up money; to amass wealth → 1796 Eng. dial.
► GROSER n. 1. the gooseberry, Ribes Grossularia → 1548 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a thrifty, saving person; one who accumulates wealth → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GROSH adj. big, fat → 1896 Eng. dial.
► GROSK adj.  of persons: fat, gross → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GROSS adj. 1. of speech or composition: inelegant, unpolished → 1522 obs.
adj. 2. clumsy or awkward in drill; stupid → 1833 US Military Academy usage
adj. 3. disgusting, sickening; hence, unpleasant, unfortunate; displeasing, nasty → 1959 students’ sl.
► GROSSED adj. disgusted → 1968 Amer. students’ sl.
► GROSSED-OUT adj. disgusting → 1976 Amer. students’ sl.
► GROSSER n. a gross or unattractive person → 1979 Amer. students’ sl.
► GROSSERY n. a crude word or act → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GROSS ME OUT! int. I’m disgusted! that’s terribly disgusting! → 1980 Amer. students’ sl.
► GROSS-OUT n. a revolting or disgusting thing, idea, action, etc. → 1968 Amer. sl., orig. students’ usage
vb. (as ‘gross out’) to shock and disgust; to revolt; to repulse with crude language → 1965 Amer. students’ sl.
► GROT n. 1. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male → 1970 sl.
n. 2. dirt, dirty or disgusting material, filth → 1971 Brit. sl.
► GROTTO n. the female genitals → 19C Brit. sl.
► GROTTY adj.  grotesque; highly undesirable; disgusting; unpleasant; deplorable → 1964 sl.
n. a shocking place, experience, or person → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GROUCE vb. to grumble → 1887 sl., orig. army usage
► GROUCH n. 1. a fit of ill temper, sulkiness or sullenness; a grudge or complaint → 1895 Amer. sl.
n. 2.  a sullen, sulky or ill-tempered person; a complainer → 1900 colloq.
vb. to complain; to sulk or grumble; to mope → 1916 colloq.
► GROUCH BAG n. a small pouch or bag worn esp. beneath clothing and containing emergency funds (esp. used among travelling performers) → 1908 Amer. dial.   
► GROUCH-BOX n. 1. a mean, bad-tempered person → 1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. someone who fusses → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GROUCHED adj. annoyed; angry → 1913 Amer. sl.
► GROUCH MONEY n. savings for a really rainy day → 1941 Amer. travelling performers usage
► GROUCHY adj. ill-tempered, irritable, grumpy, cross, sulky → 1861 colloq.
► GROUDLY adj. grumbling, discontented → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GROUDY adj. sickening; terrible → 1970 US high school sl. (Bk.)
► GROUND vb. 1. to suspend a driver or similar employee from work → 1939 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to punish, esp. a young person, by forbidding him or her to engage in dating or other social activities → 1950 Amer. sl.
► GROUND APE n. an African-American → 1993 derogatory (Bk.)
► GROUND APPLE n. a stone; a rock → 1931 Amer. sl.
► GROUNDED FOR GOOD adj. dead → 1942 Amer. aeronautical sl. (Bk.)
► GROUNDER n. 1. a cigarette that is picked up from the ground and smoked → 1930 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a nonaviator → 1961 Amer. aviation usage
n. 3. a barbiturate or similar depressant drug → 1978 Amer. drug culture sl.
n. 4. a police call that demands or results in relatively little investigative effort → 1981 Amer. police usage
► GROUND FLYING n. conversation about flying, usually indulged in by those who cannot or do not fly → 1919 Amer. aviation usage
► GROUND-GRIPPER n. a nonaviator → 1944 military aviation usage
► GROUNDHOG n. 1. a sausage, frankfurter, hot dog → 1911 Amer. jocular usage
n. 2. an infantryman in the trenches → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
n. 3. a nonaviator, esp. a nonflying air force officer → 1918 Amer. aviation usage
n. 4. a telephone line repairer’s assistant who remains on the ground; a lineman who does ground work only → 1919 Amer. sl.
n. 5. a person who customarily works underground, esp. a miner or caisson worker → 1926 Amer. sl.
n. 6. on the railway: a brakeman → 1926 Amer. sl.
n. 7. in sports: a groundskeeper → 1971 Amer. sl.
n. 8. in the US Air Force: the Republic F-84 Thunderjet fighter aircraft → 1991 US Air Force usage
► GROUNDHOG CASE n. a desperate or inescapable situation; an unavoidable situation → 1885 Amer. West usage
► GROUNDIE n. in tennis: a ground stroke → 1981 Amer. sl.
► GROUNDLING n. a spectator of average or inferior tastes; an uncritical or unrefined person → 1604 
► GROUND LOOP n. a state of excitement or confusion → 1943 Amer. aviation sl.
► GROUND NUT n. a stone → 1833 Amer. sl.
► GROUND-POUNDER n. 1. an infantry soldier → 1942 US Army & US Marine Corps usage
n. 2. a person in military service who is not an aviator → 1945 Amer. military aviation usage
n. 3. an attack plane that operates close to the ground → 1990 Amer. sl.
► GROUND-POUNDING adj. nonflying → 1945 Amer. military aviation usage
► GROUND RATIONS n. copulation on the ground → 1942 Amer. sl.
► GROUND SEED n. a stone → 1871 Amer. sl.
► GROUNDSIDE n. the ground; a ground assignment → 1976 Amer. military aviation usage
► GROUND SQUIRREL n. a nonaviator → 1918 Amer. aviation usage
► GROUND SWEAT n. burial in a grave; a grave → 17C sl.
► GROUPER n. a group commander → 1963 US Air Force usage
► GROUP GROPE n. 1. in the navy: a manoeuvre or training exercise involving numerous vessels or aircraft → 1945 US Navy jocular usage
n. 2. a session of nude encounter-group therapy that includes reciprocal touching or massage; also, a gathering of people for the purpose of simultaneous sexual activity; an orgy → 1967 Amer. sl.
n. 3. uncertainty or lack of direction among individual elements → 1970 Amer. sl.
n. 4. in business: a usually confused business meeting or similar occasion at which the participants subtly attempt to ascertain one another’s ideas or intentions → 1980 Amer. sl.
► GROUPIE n. 1. a group captain → 1943 Royal Air Force sl.
n. 2. an ardent fan of a rock musician or group, typically a teenage girl, esp. one who follows them on tour, often in hope of achieving sexual intimacy; hence, any ardent fan or devotee → 1967 Amer. sl.
► GROUPIST n. an adherent of a ‘group’ or selection of a political party → 1895
► GROUPLET n. a little group → 1837
► GROUPY n. a young female fan of a pop group who follows them on tour and tries to have sex with them → 1967 sl.
► GROUSE adj. first-class, excellent, very good → 1920 Aust. sl.
n. 1. a term of contempt → 1633 obs.
n. 2. a young woman; hence, copulation → 1864 Amer. sl.
n. 3. women considered sexually → 20C US sl.
n. 4. a grumble or complaint; a reason for grumbling → 1918 sl.
vb. 1. to grumble; to complain constantly → 1885 colloq., orig. military usage
vb. 2. to neck; to pet and kiss; to engage in lovemaking → 1958 US sl.
► THE GROUSE n. the very best of anything → 20C Aust. colloq.
► GROUSER n. 1. one who runs, sexually, after women → 1855 sl.
n. 2. a grumbler; one who complains → 1885
► GROUSY n. a big, fat, clumsy person → 1822 Sc.
► GROUT n. 1. sediment, dregs, lees → 1697
n. 2. bread → 1915 World War I sl.
vb. 1. to grumble, to sulk → 1848 US
vb. 2. to work or study hard → 1870 UK sl.
► GROUT-BAG n. one who studies hard → 1880 Eng. schoolboys’ usage 
► GROUTER n. one who takes an unfair advantage; the unfair advantage itself → 1918 Aust. sl.
► GROUT-HEAD n. 1. a blockhead, a thickhead, a dunce, a stupid person → 1551 obs.
n. 2. a big head; a person with a big head → 1627
► GROUT-HEADED adj. thick-headed, stupid → 1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GROUT-HEADRY n. stupidity → 1600 obs.
► GROUTNOLL n. a blockhead, a thickhead, a dunce → 1578 obs.
► GROUTY adj. 1. muddy, dirty, soiled, begrimed → 1744 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of the sky, weather: thundery, threatening rain → 1744 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. sulky, cross, surly, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable → 1836 Eng. & Amer. dial. 
► GROUZE vb. to devour or munch with a crunching sound → 1624 Eng. dial.
► GROVEL vb. to engage in lovemaking, esp. petting → 1987 Amer. students’ sl.
► GROVELING n. a groveller → 1708 obs.
► GROVEL IN THE DIRT vb. to humble oneself; to perform an act of humiliation → 1867
► GROVEL IN THE DUST vb. to humble oneself; to perform an act of humiliation → 1865
► GROVELLED adj. humiliated, debased → 1845
► GROVELLING adv. horizontally → 1562 obs.
► GROVELLINGWISE adv. in a grovelling manner → 1561 obs.
► GROVE OF VENUS n. the vagina → L16 euphemism
► GROVER n. a thousand-dollar bill → 1984 Amer. sl.
► GROW vb. of the sea: to swell → 1600 obs.
► GROW DOWN vb. of the sea: to subside → 1748 obs.
► GROWDY-BAG n. the stomach → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GROWER n. a small flaccid penis that can become quite large → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GROW HIGH vb. of the sea: to swell → 1600 obs.
► GROWING ONE’S FEATHERS phr. letting one’s hair and beard grow → 1870 prison sl.
► GROWL n. 1. a grumbler → 1841 Amer. nautical sl.
n. 2. a complaint or cause for complaint → 1850 Amer. sl.
n. 3. the female genitals → 1890 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘cunt’ (Growl and Grunt)
n. 4. in the navy: a radio communications transmission → 1962 Amer. sl.
vb. 1. to swarm → 1542 obs.
vb. 2. of thunder: to rumble → 1727
vb. 3. to belch → 20C US euphemism
► GROWL AND GRUNT n. the female genitals → 1890 rhyming sl. on ‘cunt’
► GROWL-BITER n. a cunnilingist → L19 sl.
► GROWLER n. 1. a dog → 1822 Eng. dial. & sl.
n. 2. a cannon → 1860 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a pessimist → 1860 Civil War usage
n. 4. a pail, can, or pitcher used for carrying beer → 1885 Amer. sl.
n. 5. beer → 20C US sl.
n. 6. a small iceberg → 1912 Amer. nautical sl.
n. 7. a chamber pot → 1942 Amer. sl.
n. 8. in the navy: a public-address system → 1945 Amer. sl.
n. 9. a siren → 1961 Amer. sl.
n. 10. a toilet → 1970 Amer. sl.
► GROWLERY n. 1. a growling, rumbling, or grumbling → 1830 
n. 2. a place to ‘growl’ in; jocularly applied to a person’s private sitting room → 1852
► GROWLSOME adj. inclined to growl → 1882
► GROWLY adj.  subject to moroseness or ill temper expressed in growls → 1920 colloq.
n. ketchup → 1900 US Military Academy usage
► GROWN n. 1. the corpse of an adult → 1870 undertakers’ usage
n. 2. an adult → 1923 colloq.
► GROWNIES n. often spelt, where the pun is intentional, ‘groanies’ – grown-ups, esp. one’s own; hence, also one’s friends’ parents → 1970 teenagers’
► GROWN-MAN’S DOSE n. a very large drink; much liquor → 1860 colloq.
► GROWN STUFF n. full-grown cattle → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► GROWN-UP n. an adult → 1810 colloq.
► GROWTHS n. the human breasts → 20C US euphemism
► GROWTHY adj. of persons: tall, well-grown; growing fast → 1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GROWTHSOME adj. productive, fertile → 1610 obs.
► GROW UP! int. don’t be ridiculous! → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GROWZE vb. 1. to devour or munch with a crunching sound → 1624 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to shiver, to tremble → 1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GROY adj. grey with age, hoary-headed → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GROYL n. one who is always on the move → 1583 obs.
vb. to move, to make one’s way → 1583 obs.
► GROYZE vb. to spit → 1891 sl.
► GROZE vb. to save up money; to amass wealth → 1796 Eng. dial.
► GROZEN n. a grove → 1856 Eng. dial.
► GROZY adj. well-to-do, thriving → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)