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gro

/ˈɡrəʊ/

gro adjective: disgusting, unpleasant; gross. Also the abbreviation of grove.

Adjective

gro (comparative more gro, superlative most gro)

  1. (US, slang) Disgusting, unpleasant; gross.
    • Wash your hair! It's totally gro.

Numeral

gro

  1. The cardinal number occurring after el do el (↋↋) and before gro one (101) in a duodecimal system. Written 100, decimal value 144.

Proper noun capitalized: GRO

GRO

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Guerrero: a state of Mexico.

Noun capitalized: GRO

GRO (plural GROs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of guest relation officer.
  2. (Singapore, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of grassroots organization.

Also used as

gro is also the abbreviation of grove.

Forms of gro

Adjective
comparativemore gro
superlativemost gro
Noun
pluralGROs

Origin of gro

Shortening of gross (adjective), perhaps via grody.

Shortening of gross (noun).

Shortening of grove.

Words that rhyme with gro

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about gro

What does gro mean?
Gro means disgusting, unpleasant; gross.
What part of speech is gro?
Gro can be an adjective, a numeral, a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce gro?
Gro is pronounced /ˈɡrəʊ/.

Words near gro in the dictionary

  1. GRMHD
  2. grn
  3. grna
  4. grnas
  5. grns
  6. gro
  7. Gro-bag
  8. Gro-bags
  9. groady
  10. Groah
  11. Groahs

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