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grasser

grasser noun: a grass; an informer.

Noun

grasser (plural grassers)

  1. (UK, slang) A grass; an informer.
  2. (historical) An extra or temporary worker in a printing-office.
  3. (recreational fishing) A grass carp; a white amur.
    • This grasser had to be pushing 45-50 lb.2003 June 30, David Lee, “Flathead Frenzy”, in alt.fishing.catfish (Usenet)
    • Obviously if you see a grasser eat something–a bee, wasp, or mayfly–go that way fast!2021, Drew Ross, “Pro Tips: How to Catch Grass Carp on the Fly”, in Orvis.com, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2021
    Synonyms:
    grassie

Proper noun capitalized: Grasser

Grasser (plural Grassers)

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of grasser

Forms of grasser

Noun
pluralgrassers
Proper noun
pluralGrassers

Origin of grasser

From grass + -er.

Phrases with grasser

Questions about grasser

What does grasser mean?
Grasser means a grass; an informer.
What part of speech is grasser?
Grasser can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of grasser?
The plural of grasser is grassers.

Words near grasser in the dictionary

  1. grassed up
  2. Grassel
  3. Grassels
  4. Grassendale
  5. grasseous
  6. grasser
  7. grasserie
  8. grassers
  9. grasses
  10. grasses on
  11. grasses up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grasser (page history and authors); Grasser (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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