grig

[ grig ]

noun

, Northern British Dialect.

1. a cricket or grasshopper.
2. a small or young eel.
3. a lively person.

grig

/ ɡrɪɡ /

noun

1. a lively person
2. a short-legged hen
3. a young eel

Word History and Origins

Origin of grig¹

1350–1400; Middle English grig, grege; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of grig¹

C14: dwarf, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish krik a little creature

Example Sentences

Hard is her heart as flint or stone,She laughs to see me pale; And merry as a grig is grown,And brisk as bottled ale.

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I drove through that region with my father when I was a young grig—not very full of hope about my woman's future.

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Roy loved and obeyed Polly almost as readily as Peggy, and cavorted off beside her as gay as a grig.

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Grig (greg in Sligo): a boy with sugarstick holds it out to another and says, 'grig, grig,' to triumph over him.

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Pinched for standing-room, the comical old grig laughs and lies down!

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