Grunge
[gruhnj] /grʌndʒ/
noun, Slang.
1.
dirt; filth; rubbish.
2.
something of inferior quality; trash:
He didn’t know good music from grunge.
3.
a person who works hard, usually for meager rewards; grind.
4.
a style or fashion derived from a movement in rock music: in fashion characterized by unkempt clothing and in music by aggressive, nihilistic songs.
/ɡrʌndʒ/
noun
1.
(US, slang) dirt or rubbish
2.
a style of rock music originating in the US in the late 1980s, featuring a distorted guitar sound
3.
a deliberately untidy and uncoordinated fashion style
noun
See grunge music
n.
“sloppiness,” also “untidy person,” 1965, American English teen slang, probably a back-formation from grungy. The music and fashion style that originated in Seattle is attested from the early 1990s.
adjective
noun
/gruhnj/ 1. That which is grungy, or that which makes it so.
2. [Cambridge] Code which is inaccessible due to changes in other parts of the program. The preferred term in North America is dead code.
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noun a style of rock music featuring harsh guitar chords, heavy riffs and drumming, and whose performers wear sloppy clothes; also called grunge , grunge rock , grunge metal Usage Note music
- Grunger
noun any person who dresses in the style associated with grunge music, layered old clothes and chunky shoes or boots; a person of living the grunge lifestyle; a fan of grunge music
- Grunge rock
noun See grunge music
- Grungier
[gruhn-jee] /ˈgrʌn dʒi/ adjective, grungier, grungiest. Slang. 1. ugly, run-down, or dilapidated: a grungy, abandoned mill town. 2. dirty; filthy: a pair of grungy sneakers. /ˈɡrʌndʒɪ/ adjective (slang) -gier, -giest 1. (mainly US & Canadian) squalid or seedy 2. (of pop music) characterized by a loud fuzzy guitar sound adj. “sloppy, shabby,” 1965, American English […]