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gravel cruncher

gravel cruncher noun: a member of the military who is deployed on the ground rather than airborne.

Noun

gravel cruncher (plural gravel crunchers)

  1. (US, slang) A member of the military who is deployed on the ground rather than airborne.
    • They developed a tremendous respect for the gravel crunchers after sweating out a few rounds of artillery and observing at painfully close range how rocky a Korean hill can be.1952, Naval Aviation News, page 9
    • Nonaka seized on the critical importance of those who stormed the beaches first—the “gravel crunchers” as the Marines called them. It was a dangerous job.2012, Daniel Denison, Robert Hooijberg, Nancy Lane, Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations

Forms of gravel cruncher

pluralgravel crunchers

Questions about gravel cruncher

What does gravel cruncher mean?
Gravel cruncher means a member of the military who is deployed on the ground rather than airborne.
What part of speech is gravel cruncher?
Gravel cruncher is a noun.
What is the plural of gravel cruncher?
The plural of gravel cruncher is gravel crunchers.

Words near gravel cruncher in the dictionary

  1. gravekeepers
  2. gravel
  3. gravel bicycle
  4. gravel bike
  5. gravel bikes
  6. gravel cruncher
  7. gravel crunchers
  8. gravel cycling
  9. Gravel Gertie
  10. Gravel Gerties
  11. gravel nest

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