Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
grunion .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word grunions.
Examples
-
He took them to tidal pools and on midnight expeditions to stalk wild grunions, tiny fish that spawn by night on beaches at high tide.
California Showman Pioneered Whale Watching as a Pastime Stephen Miller 2011
-
But while blunders and bloopers have ever exasperated the spelling snobs and grammar grunions of the world, our recent woes - housing foreclosures, massive layoffs, rising debt and war - may be ratcheting up the pressure some feel to seize control of something
Portland Mercury 2009
-
But while blunders and bloopers have ever exasperated the spelling snobs and grammar grunions of the world, our recent woes - housing foreclosures, massive layoffs, rising debt and war - may be ratcheting up the pressure some feel to seize control of something (anything!), even if it's just a properly placed comma.
-
TRex keeps the gag in, until he gets used to the frickin’ *la-ser* mounted on his *cra-nium* (those are words you grunions er, minions might learn in evil trial litigation school…In Rangoon)…And my Paraguayan factory has the latest set of compliance implants now ready for installation… Prepare to be shorn (prolonged evil laugh)
Firedoglake » Corruption and Lobbying Reform Stalls…Again 2006
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.