Meaning

2 senses
  1. (UK, informal)Grandfather

  2. (UK)A familiar or disparaging term of address to an old man.

    Hey! Get out of my way, granddad!

More definitions
  • the father of your father or mother

Examples

3 sentences
  1. As my granddad used to say, "I am your granddad!"

    ruКак говорил мой дед: «Я твой дед!»

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  2. Mennad is a granddad.

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  3. All that time the things granddad had said, like the sound of flies flying round a melon, buzzed in my head.

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Origin

From grand- + dad (“father”).

From grand- + dad (“father”).

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