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grosser

American  
[groh-ser] / ˈgroʊ sər /

noun

Informal.
  1. a commercial production, as a motion picture or record, that generates a large amount of income.


Etymology

Origin of grosser

First recorded in 1955–60; gross + -er 1

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While Lord Wynstowe fusses around measuring chins and noses, Charlie and Alice are concerned with the grosser features of the human body.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

In that vacuum, normal people were tuning out altogether, because the election seemed grosser and sadder by the minute.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2024

Tom Cruise always has the answer, though: the top grosser of the day was Top Gun: Maverick, which added about $6 million to its box office haul.

From The Verge Sep. 5, 2022

The box-office standout of the summer season so far, “Top Gun: Maverick” has already become Tom Cruise’s biggest domestic grosser and blown audiences away with its aerial action sequences.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2022

If anybody committed any of the grosser errors —such as putting metal on metal or colour on colour—he became electrified with passion.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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