Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To grind and screen (clay) to a specific particle size.

  2. (intransitive, slang)To drink alcohol.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. We're all out of grog, Captain.

    У нас повністю скінчився грог, капітане. — deniko

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  2. I bet you ten bucks that you can't stay off the grog for a month.

    deIch mache jede Wette, dass du nicht einen Monat die Finger vom Alkohol lassen kannst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

An allusion to Admiral Edward Vernon (nicknamed “Old Grog” after the grogram coat he habit

An allusion to Admiral Edward Vernon (nicknamed “Old Grog” after the grogram coat he habitually wore), who in 1740 ordered his sailors' rum to be watered down.

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Forms

grogs, grogging, grogged, grogged
Base formgrog · to grog
3rd person singulargrogs
Present participlegrogging
Past simplegrogged
Past participlegrogged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygrog
he, she, itgrogs

Past simpleLesson

all personsgrogged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave grogged
he, she, ithas grogged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill grog

Word family

1 related words
Derivedungrogged

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
grocergrocerygroggygroingrok
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