grannies

British

/ ˈɡrænɪz /

plural noun

informal Granny Smith apples

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

grannies

Nearby, a shirtless jock dashed across a net made of ropes and grannies dangled from high bars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"Being around children keeps you young. Happy kids, happy mums, happy grannies!"

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

“We thought, ‘This is a game of diminishing returns and we will be playing grannies.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024

Squibb has played plenty of cackling grannies; even so, Ms. Sturak is her most unhinged.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

The old grannies my mom hired to look after me while she was at work?

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023