gruels

Noun

gruel (countable and uncountable, plural gruels)

1. A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.
   • […]her own cook at South End, a young woman hired for the time, who never had been able to understand what she meant by a basin of nice smooth gruel, thin, but not too thin.1816, Jane Austen, Emma
2. Punishment.

   Synonyms:

   castigation, punition, chastening, chastisement, correction, punishment

3. Something that lacks substance.
   • thin gruel
4. (US, obsolete, slang) Sentimental poetry.
5. (UK, slang) Semen.

   Synonyms:

   ejaculate, spunk, baby batter, baby gravy, balljuice, boy juice, cock juice, cock snot, come, cream

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