different between griddle vs grundle

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman gredil, variant of Old French greil, from Latin cr?ticulum, diminutive of cr?tis. Doublet of grill (“grid of wire”), from the same Old French and Latin sources.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?d?l

Noun

griddle (plural griddles)

1. A stone or metal flat plate or surface on which food is fried or baked.
   • 1871, Louisa May Alcott, Little Men, chapter 5:

     Such a clatter as the little spoon made, and such a beating as the batter got, it quite foamed, I assure you; and when Daisy poured some on to the griddle, it rose like magic into a puffy flapjack that made Demi's mouth water.

   • 1894, Lance Rawson, Australian enquiry book of household and general information, Cookery:

     Some people when making scones do not trouble to light the oven but use the frying pan: of course if you have a griddle it is better than oven or pan, but very few people possess this useful utensil.

Derived terms

• like a hen on a hot griddle

Related terms

Translations

Verb

griddle (third-person singular simple present griddles, present participle griddling, simple past and past participle griddled)

1. (transitive) To cook on a griddle.

Anagrams

• girdled, gridled

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????nd?l/

  Rhymes: -?nd?l

Etymology 1

Possibly Utah colloquial from Blend of group +? bundle.

Noun

grundle (plural grundles)

1. (slang) A big bunch, lots.

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Etymology 2

Alteration of grumble

Noun

grundle (plural grundles)

1. (colloquial) A small grumble.

Verb

grundle (third-person singular simple present grundles, present participle grundling, simple past and past participle grundled)

1. (colloquial) To emit a grumble, or a lesser version thereof

Etymology 3

Unknown See grundy

Noun

grundle (plural grundles)

1. (US, slang) The perineum; the area between the anus and genitals.
   • 2008, Jazz, A Taste for You, AuthorHouse (2008), ?ISBN, page 10:

     I placed a finger, then two, on his grundle for added pleasure.

   • 2009, Terence Fitzgibbons, Assumed the Watch, Moored as Before: An Alternative Naval Officer's Guide, Xlibris (2009), ?ISBN, page 37:

     I hit the flush button and I feel the air from the VCHT (vacuum, collection, and holding tank) system pass over my grundle. That one full second of cool air down below is one of the few perks of the day and of the job.

   • 2009, Cate Robertson, "Half-Crown Doxy", in Bitten: Dark Erotic Stories (ed. Susie Bright), Chronicle Books (2009), ?ISBN, page 126:

     Lost in his bliss, he doesn't protest when she presses a spit-slicked finger to his grundle, or when she slips it lower, then deeper.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:grundle.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:perineum.

Etymology 4

Noun

grundle (plural grundles)

1. (Britain, dialect) A holloway; a kind of ancient road or track.

Anagrams

• grundel