gross-out
noun
something that is disgustingly offensive.
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
From the TV broadcaster fights of “Anchorman” to the gross-out satire “Borat” and the drunken escapades of “The Hangover,” comedies were a mainstay at the box office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
Writer and director Emilie Blichfeldt's gross-out masterpiece "The Ugly Stepsister" jumps off the premise: "What if the story of Cinderella was really really gross?"
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2025
Although the story loses steam as it nears the finish, unable to clearly flesh out what the madness means, the trip there is paved with gross-out mayhem.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
I think this: Better I am a sweater than a gross-out.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
These films are designed to gross out viewers, and the protagonist often becomes the monster of the story as their body becomes more and more repulsive.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2023
Rated PG for action scenes and gross out humor.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2019
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
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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