Grinds
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡɹaɪndz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Grinds is a verb meaning third-person singular simple present indicative of grind.
Meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of grind.
More Meanings
- plural of grind
- (Ireland, colloquial) Tutoring; extra lessons in a specific subject outside of school hours.
- (Hawaii, slang) Food, eats.
- (coffee, proscribed) Used ground coffee, coffee grounds.
Example Sentences
You're not top of the class in English, he points out. She licks her teeth, unconcerned. Maybe you should give me grinds, Connell, she says.
That was a song that Ida sometimes sang, puttering inefficiently about the kitchen, which always seemed sandy with coffee grinds and vaguely immoral with dead cigarettes on the burnt, blistered paint of the shelves.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include comminute, pulverization, mash, pulverisation, craunch, crunch.
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