different between grog vs rumbo

English

Etymology

An allusion to Admiral Edward Vernon (nicknamed “Old Grog” after the grogram coat he habitually wore), who in 1740 ordered his sailors' rum to be watered down.

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /????/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

grog (countable and uncountable, plural grogs)

1. (original meaning) An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
2. (by extension, Australia, New Zealand) Any alcoholic beverage.
3. (countable, Australia, New Zealand) A glass or serving of an alcoholic beverage.
4. An alcoholic beverage made with hot water or tea, sugar and rum, sometimes also with lemon or lime juice and spices, particularly cinnamon.
5. (ceramics) A type of pre-fired clay that has been ground and screened to a specific particle size.

   Synonyms: chamotte, firesand

Derived terms

• groggery
• groggy
• grogshop

Descendants

• ? Portuguese: grogue

Translations

Further reading

• grog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• gorg

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????/

Noun

grog m (plural grogs)

1. grog (drink made from rum)

Further reading

• “grog” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French grog.

Noun

grog n (plural groguri)

1. grog

Declension

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ro??/

Adjective

grog

1. Soft mutation of crog.

Mutation

English

Etymology

Arbitrary extension of rum; or perhaps compare rumbullion.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?mb??

Noun

rumbo (uncountable)

1. (now rare, archaic) A type of punch made chiefly from rum; grog. [from 18th c.]
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.2:

     Your worship would have seen him before now; for, when he is well, he and my good master Hatchway come hither every evening, and drink a couple of canns of rumbo apiece […] .

Anagrams

• Borum, Mbour, Umbro-

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rhombus (“rhombus”), based on the use of a rhombus to indicate directions on a map; it forms a doublet with rombo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rumbo/, [?r?m.bo]

Noun

rumbo m (plural rumbos)

1. course

   Synonyms: recorrido, ruta

2. heading, bearing