grinch
To act like a grinch; to be a killjoy towards someoneTo act like a grinch; to be a killjoy towards someone.
» We got a 1.5 meter high grinch tree from mom.
Meaning
1 senses(US)To act like a grinch; to be a killjoy towards someone.
Examples
4 sentencesWe got a 1.5 meter high grinch tree from mom.
The politicians who made these cuts in social welfare must be hard-hearted grinches.
Only a total grinch could object to kids having fun, even if they are making a bit of noise.
When it comes to Christmas I'm a bit of a Grinch - I can't stand all the present giving and compulsory cheerfulness.
deIch bin eher ein Weihnachtsmuffel: die Schenkerei und das obligatorische Fröhlichsein kann ich nicht austehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
Named after the main character in a children's book by Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole ChrNamed after the main character in a children's book by Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957). Coined as early as 1953, the term was initially used for a fictitious bird named the "Beagle-Beaked-Bald-Headed Grinch" in Scrambled Eggs Super!; it became associated with the character in a poem published in the May 1955 issue of Redbook, "The Hoobub and the Grinch". Likely a corruption of grouch.
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Forms
grinches, grinching, grinched, grinchedWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle