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gradoo

gradoo noun: garbage; crud, gunk; mess; filth, dirt.

Noun

gradoo (uncountable)

  1. (US, colloquial) garbage; crud, gunk; mess; filth, dirt
    • I sped out the back door, and bumped into MEME FRENKEL, who was collecting the garbage, or as she put it, "gathering the gradoo."1951 May, Jinx Paterson, “LIFE Discovers”, in Tammy Howl, volume 25, number 5, Gulf Park College for Women, page 16
    • Everything was wet, dirty, and full of gradoo.1957 September 25, “Western Society Recounts Adventures 'Midst Fog, Sleeping Bags, Mosquitoes”, in THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, volume 43, number 1, Agnes Scott College, page 3
  2. (US, colloquial) caramelized matter which sticks to a pan or pot after most of the cooked matter has been removed; a sauce made from this
    • gradoux is the foundation of most of my dishes -- giving a rich, deep, and complex flavor to them.(Can we date this quote?), “making gradoux”, in CAJUN CAROLINA
    • Redfish Florentine ... Redfish fillet stuffed with our own green gradoo, baked golden brown and topped with Hollandaise sauce.(Can we date this quote?), “Entrees”, in Kathryn's Steaks, Ridgeland, MS

Examples of gradoo in a sentence

  • What with all the gradoo of late, I’ve not had time to give serious thought to my usual happy copy.1960 August 11, P. D., “East Side”, in The Petal paper, Petal, Miss., page 1:
  • And the individual nest areas pull out for each cleaning — I just scrape the "gradoo" into a waste barrel and that's it!1987, American Pigeon Journal, volume 76, page 42:

Forms of gradoo

alternative formgradu
alternative formgradeau
alternative formgradoux

Origin of gradoo

Uncertain.

Questions about gradoo

What does gradoo mean?
Gradoo means garbage; crud, gunk; mess; filth, dirt.
How do you use gradoo in a sentence?
What with all the gradoo of late, I’ve not had time to give serious thought to my usual happy copy.
What part of speech is gradoo?
Gradoo is a noun.

Words near gradoo in the dictionary

  1. Gradneys
  2. Grado
  3. gradocol
  4. gradol
  5. Gradon
  6. gradoo
  7. grads
  8. gradual
  9. gradual typing
  10. gradualism
  11. gradualisms

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