GRENADE
NOUNS
► APPLE a grenade; a bomb → 1918 US military usage
► CHICAGO PINEAPPLE a small bomb or grenade → 20C Amer. sl.
► FISH TAIL a grenade → Amer. World War I sl.
► GRENADO a grenade → 1611 arch.
► GUT-RIPPER an antipersonnel grenade that explodes at waist level → 1991 US sl.
► NADE a grenade → 1987 US military sl.
► PILL a hand-grenade → 1919 sl.
► PINEAPPLE ► PINEAPPLE BOMB a hand-grenade or light trench-mortar → 1916 sl.
► RED DEVIL a type of Italian hand-grenade → 1944 sl.
► TICKLER a hand grenade → World War I Amer. sl.