ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Groaty

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Groaty is an adjective meaning Grotty (“dirty; gross”).

Meaning

Grotty (“dirty; gross”).

More Meanings

  1. (dialectal) Made or consisting of groats.

Example Sentences

“Pigs are groaty,” Blair said. Haldane sat on the hearth between Owen and the tree. "People say that about pigs, but it's not true. A pig's cleaner than a hound's tooth."
[…] the girls begin by providing mild challenges regarding Ellen's action of staring at one boy while going with another. Hanna comments, “That was groaty” (gross), and Natalie reminds Ellen that she is going with Craig.
“Daddy, that's gross!” “Yeah, it is. Anyway, no firearms when we got here.” He gestured to Kellen. “Would you try to start the truck?” [...] “Daddy, the spark plugs are groaty. What would happen if you took them out and cleaned them?”

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