gross-out
noun
something that is disgustingly offensive.
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gross-out
American
[grohs-out]
/ ˈgroʊsˌaʊt /
noun
Slang.
gross out
British
verb
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of gross-out
First recorded in 1970–75; noun use of verb phrase gross out
Example Sentences
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I came to realize I was done with teen gross-out films and soon landed more serious projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
Yet, it’s disappointment that Perkins serves up most frequently in “The Monkey,” detouring from every wide-open chance to showcase depth and humanity in favor of juvenile humor and gross-out splatter gags.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025
A good gross-out gag is hardly a novelty in mainstream comedies, but there’s one in “Joy Ride” that made my stomach almost — almost — flip in solidarity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
The dish can be a gross-out for some, with its unusual look and texture, but it began as an exotic luxury using hard-to-find ingredients.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
I try not to make a gross-out face.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
The filthy combination of it all merged into a gigantic germ inside of me, causing me to gross out myself — in addition to Mr. James and the rest of the internal staff.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2023
It’s never there to gross out viewers or to test their threshold of shock or disgust.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 23, 2019
“Moist is fine,” the writer says, and he has no problems with other seemingly mundane words that oddly gross out large swaths of the English-speaking population.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2013
But what about authors whose primary mission is not to gross out their readers?
From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2010
Everything tasted gross out of plastic, all chemical-y and bland.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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