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.

---

Etymology

Origin of gorp

First recorded in 1955–60; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

gorp

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

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

And we do a lot of one-nighters, so we can bring steaks and wine and forget the gorp and freeze-dried food.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2016

Cam had left only the vaguest general descriptions of gorp and beyond the fact that they were reptilian, intelligent and dangerous, the Terrans had not been briefed.

From Plague Ship by Andre Norton