gorp

American  

[gawrp] / gɔrp /

noun

Informal.

1. a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.

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Etymology

Origin of gorp

First recorded in 1955–60; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

New York designer Sandy Liang’s summer collaboration with Salomon uses ribbons and bows for a refreshing twist on the gorp standard.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024

A rash from poison oak, A sunburn raw and red, Some gorp that made me choke, A branch that whacked my head.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2021

Remember simple trail mix or gorp, that loose collection of nuts, raisins or other dried fruit, maybe with pieces of coconut or some chocolate chips?

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2021

I was nervous about eating it, but I was hungry, having spent half a week subsisting on handfuls of gorp.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 22, 2019

His reason for that speculation was the dance now being performed in the center of the hall—their fight with the gorp being enacted in a series of bounds and stabbings.

From Plague Ship by Norton, Andre