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grummel

/ˈɡɹʌməl/

grummel noun: mud, sediment.

Noun

grummel

  1. Mud, sediment.
  2. (in plural) The dregs.
    • Gowselling in the grummels he wakes the plaintiff night with pitfalls turning left to right, high noon on the wintry ocean, high noon all sides aboard and aloft to starboard.1936, Henry Miller, “Into the Night Life …”, in Black Spring, Paris: The Obelisk Press […], →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, 1963, →ISBN, page 179

Origin of grummel

Unknown.

Questions about grummel

What does grummel mean?
Grummel means mud, sediment.
What part of speech is grummel?
Grummel is a noun.
How do you pronounce grummel?
Grummel is pronounced /ˈɡɹʌməl/.

Words near grummel in the dictionary

  1. grumichamas
  2. grumiplucite
  3. Grumium
  4. grumlier
  5. grumly
  6. grummel
  7. grummer
  8. grummest
  9. grummet
  10. grummets
  11. Grummitt

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