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Seattle-born rock genre
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grunge
Alternative clues for the word grunge
Word definitions for grunge in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Enter Sub Pop, the label that ultimately became known as the home of grunge . ▪ If so, give me back the grunge of the old place and keep the suites and cushy chairs. ▪ None of the combatants in this grunge grudge match are over ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"sloppiness," also "untidy person," 1965, American English teen slang, probably a back-formation from grungy . The music and fashion style that originated in Seattle is attested from the early 1990s.
Usage examples of grunge.
FOLLOWING EVENING, Sagra and I had dinner with Grunge and Gimmel Gora, and during the course of the evening I mentioned Horthal Wend and remarked that I had found him most intelligent and friendly.
I was suspicious of Morga Sagra, of Grunge, of Gimmel Gora, of Lotar Canl, my man--in fact, of everybody.
The countertops were covered with linoleum, rimmed with a band of metal where a line of dark gray grunge had collected.
I haven't owned a skirt in nigh on thirty-five years, and when I go to the closet to try to find something presentable, I realize that I have a choice between grunge, a royal purple cashmere cowlneck and khakis, or the two dress uniforms that have somehow materialized in my closet, new and pressed.
Personally, she thought the tripoli streaks on her jeans, forearms, and hands added an interesting, finger-painted effect to her entire lack of ensemble, but she knew Kyle would tease her mercilessly about reviving the Seattle Grunge look.
They genuinely thought that they could survive on wreckage, scrap, grunge computers, fellow feeling, free software, cheap thrills, and Jerry's charisma.
Rosie walked slowly, looking in the windows of secondhand clothing stores trying to pass themselves off as grunge boutiques, shoe stores with signs reading buy american and clearance sale in the windows, a discount place called No More Than 5, its window heaped with dollbabies made in Mexico or Manila, a leathergoods place called Motorcycle Mama, and a store called Avec Plaisir with a startling array of goods — dildos, handcuffs, and crotchless underwear — displayed on black velvet.