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gronks

gronks is the plural of gronk.

gronks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gronk.

Meaning of gronk

Noun (1)

gronk (plural gronks)

  1. (Australia, derogatory, informal) An unintelligent and callous person.

Noun (2)

gronk (plural gronks)

  1. The cry of a raven.
    • Silence rang in my ears, punctuated by the occasional gronk of the ravens, as they flitted about in the spruce trees.2006, Terrence Rundle West, Run of the Town, page 153
    Synonyms:
    quork
  2. A mating call of the Albert's lyrebird.
    • We then viewed the audio spectrogram...and measured the timing of each gronk.2024, Fiona Backhouse, Justin A. Welbergen, Bryce W. Robinson and Anastasia H. Dalziell, “Performative Manipulation of the Environment by Displaying Albert’s Lyrebirds”, in The American Naturalist...
  3. (UK, slang) A British Rail Class 08 shunter locomotive, or similar shunters.

See all 8 meanings of gronk

Noun capitalized: Gronks

Gronks

  1. (plural) plural of Gronk

Questions about gronks

What is gronks the plural of?
Gronks is the plural of gronk.
What part of speech is gronks?
Gronks is a noun.

Words near gronks in the dictionary

  1. gronk
  2. gronked
  3. gronking
  4. Gronkow
  5. Gronkowski
  6. gronks
  7. Gronsfeld cipher
  8. Gronsfeld ciphers
  9. Gronski
  10. Gronskis
  11. grook

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