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gorp
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)
- 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 :^)
- 1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, Knopf, ?ISBN, chapter 19,
Synonyms
- scroggin
- trail mix
Anagrams
- PROG, Prog, prog, prog.
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gore
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gô, IPA(key): /???/
- (General American) enPR: gôr, IPA(key): /???/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: g?r, IPA(key): /?o(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?o?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English gore, gor, gorre (“mud, muck”), from Old English gor (“dirt, dung, filth, muck”), from Proto-Germanic *gur? (“half-digested stomach contents; feces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *g??er- (“hot; warm”).
Noun
gore (uncountable)
- Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
- Murder, bloodshed, violence.
- (obsolete except in dialects) Dirt; mud; filth.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Fisher to this entry?)
Derived terms
- gory
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English goren, from gore (“gore”), ultimately from Old English g?r (“spear”), itself from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz. Related to gar and gore (“a projecting point”).
Verb
gore (third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored)
- (transitive, of an animal) To pierce with the horn.
- The bull gored the matador.
- (transitive, obsolete) To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English gore (“patch (of land, fabric), clothes”), from Old English g?ra, from Proto-Germanic *gaizô.
Noun
gore (plural gores)
- A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowell to this entry?)
- (surveying) A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
- The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe
- A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail, skirt, hot-air balloon, etc.Wp
- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
- An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
- A projecting point.
- (heraldry) One of the abatements, made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.
Translations
Verb
gore (third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored)
- To cut in a triangular form.
- To provide with a gore.
- to gore an apron
Anagrams
- Geor., Gero, Ogre, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, goer, ogre, orge, rego, roge
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
gore
- Inflected form of goor
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English g?ra, from Proto-Germanic *gaizô.
Alternative forms
- gare, goore, gour, gower
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????r(?)/
Noun
gore (plural gores or goren)
- A triangle-shaped plot of land; a gore.
- A triangle-shaped piece or patch of fabric.
- A piece of clothing (especially a loose-fitting one, such as a coat or dress)
- (rare) A piece of armour; a mail coat.
- (rare) A triangle-shaped piece of armor.
Descendants
- English: gore
- Scots: gair
References
- “g?re, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old English gor, from Proto-Germanic *gur?.
Alternative forms
- gorre, gor
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????r/
Noun
gore (uncountable)
- Muck, filth, dirt; that which causes dirtiness
- (figuratively) Iniquity, sinfulness.
- (rare) A despicable individual.
Descendants
- English: gore
- Scots: goor, gure
References
- “g?re, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.
Etymology 3
Inherited from Old English g?r.
Noun
gore
- Alternative form of gare
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Related to Persian ?????? (jôrâb).
Noun
gore ?
- sock
- stocking
Portuguese
Verb
gore
- first-person singular present subjunctive of gorar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of gorar
- third-person singular imperative of gorar
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *gora; compare gora (hill).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ôre/
- Hyphenation: go?re
Adverb
g?re (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- up, above
Antonyms
- dolje/dole
Noun
g?re f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- genitive singular of gora
- nominative plural of gora
- accusative singular of gora
- vocative singular of gora
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ôre?/
- Hyphenation: go?re
Adverb
g?r? (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- worse
Shona
Etymology 1
Borrowed from a Khoe language; compare Khoekhoe kurib.
Noun
goré 5 (plural makoré 6)
- year
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
goré 5 (plural makoré 6)
- cloud
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