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grandkid

American  
[grand-kid] / ˈgrændˌkɪd /

noun

Informal.
  • grandkids
    plural
  1. grandchild.


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How can I set my grandkid up for financial success?

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025

To be a part of that legacy, to be sort of like the grandkid of the person who’s created that and is still there to be supportive, is really wonderful.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024

What happens when they play the grandkid hook?

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2024

“He just kept running his mouth, telling me he wants to box me and stuff, ‘Ali’s grandkid, let’s box,’ and I kept saying no, no, no because I was kind of intimidated,” Ali Walsh said.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023

Almost like they’re friends instead of grandma and grandkid.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

After she drops off her grandkids and great-grandkids at school, she makes her rounds around the Colonias in San Juan in her small red SUV.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

“I want my kids and my grandkids to be able to say, ‘The voice that you hear at Logan Airport is Yaya,’” said the 76-year-old retired DMV worker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

"We were having conversations, she was telling me about her grandkids."

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

They know all the secrets of their grandkids, not to mention their sons and daughters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

“You can’t really talk about all his grandkids, huh,” Lydia said.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

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