different between gord vs gorp

English

Alternative forms

• gourd

Etymology

Perhaps hollow, and so named in allusion to a gourd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???(?)d/

Noun

gord (plural gords)

1. (obsolete) An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.

   • And thy dry bones can reach at nothing now, But gords or nine-pins

Anagrams

• GDOR, ROGD

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

gord

1. first-person singular present indicative of gorden
2. imperative of gorden

French

Etymology

From Gaulish *gorton ‘hedge, enclosure’; cf. Irish gort, Cornish gorth, Welsh garth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/

Noun

gord m (plural gords)

1. crawl, a stake enclosure at a body of water to catch fish

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

From Portuguese gordo (“fat”), from Old Portuguese gordo, from Latin gurdus.

Adjective

gord

1. (Diu) fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one’s body)
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *g?rd?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ô?rd/

Adjective

g?rd (definite g?rd?, comparative gordiji, Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. proud
2. arrogant

Declension

Derived terms

• górd?st

See also

ponosan

English

Alternative forms

• GORP

Etymology

The Oxford English Dictionary cites a 1913 reference to the verb "gorp", meaning "to eat greedily". The occasionally theorised good old raisins and peanuts is probably a backronym.

Noun

gorp (uncountable)

1. A loose mixture of dried fruit, nuts, frequently salt, and sometimes other ingredients; designed as an energy supplement for use while hiking, climbing, canoeing, etc.
   • 1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, Knopf, ?ISBN, chapter 19,

     "They were living in their pajamas so as not to have too much laundry. They were eating gorp for their suppers."

     "I'm not even going to ask what gorp is," Sarah said,

     "It's a mixture of wheat germ and nuts and dried—"

   • 1996: Brian M. Parks, gorp in rec.backcountry

     ...also take some cheese and hard salami and crackers which are normally not contained in gorp to give even more variety. variety is the key here, and a bag of gorp curtails this.....unless of course you wish to pack ten different varieties of gorp with you :^)

Synonyms

• scroggin
• trail mix

Anagrams

• PROG, Prog, prog, prog.