Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A grandfather.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colloquial abbreviation of
grandpapa .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A grandfather.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun informal
grandfather
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the father of your father or mother
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yes | No | Report from codyboyd wrote 8 weeks 2 days ago just boil, then put it in bleach. my grandpa is a taxidermist.
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Yes | No | Report from codyboyd wrote 8 weeks 2 days ago just boil, then put it in bleach. my grandpa is a taxidermist.
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What if you learn that your grandpa is a phsyco after 30 years?
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My Pop — that's what I call my grandpa — was a mailman.
Postman Matthew Rasnake 2010
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I've become aware that my grandpa is a penny pinching old fool, and Melba (God bless her) is just as bad, but I never realized TO WHAT EXTENT until Mom just told me that after they found out the pacemaker couldn't be put in till Monday - they FOUGHT THE DOCTORSS about him staying in the hospital till then.
Sad/Scary Phone Call oracne 2002
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You have your whole life ahead and there will be plenty of time to hunt alone or with new friends after grandpa is gone.
So here's my problem for the past couple years I go to my grandpa's cabin to deer hunt. 2009
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You have your whole life ahead and there will be plenty of time to hunt alone or with new friends after grandpa is gone.
So here's my problem for the past couple years I go to my grandpa's cabin to deer hunt. 2009
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Food and drinks are easily the biggest expenses you can control at any sporting event, and with a few tips from Frugal Dad, you can keep your day at the game as cheap as it was in grandpa's time ...
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Until finally the twirlling tea kettle did in grandpa's stomach somewhere after a foot long or two and a full three hours of rides and excitement.
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009
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The thing about my relationship with my grandpa is that I feel like it would take more effort not to do things to remember and honor him.
mrissa: Library time. mrissa 2010
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Consider the “grandpa effect,” as he called it: people who were mistaken for bots because they used social media in “uncool or gauche” ways, he said.
Who’s a Bot? Who’s Not? By 2020
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