gride
Plural: grides
Verb
Verb Forms: grided, griding, grides
- To scrape or cut with a harsh, grating sound.
- To pierce (something) with a weapon; to wound, to stab.
- To travel through something.
- To produce a grinding or scraping sound.
Noun
- A harsh grating sound.
Examples
- The sound of the tile bag griding against the table signaled the start of a new game.
Origin / Etymology
From a metathetic variation of gird (“to strike, smite, upbraid, scold, jibe”), from Middle English girden, gerden (“to strike, thrust, smite”, literally “smite with a rod”), from gerd, yerd (“a rod, yard”). More at yard.
Synonyms
chef, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, jab, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, lancinate, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, shank, shiv, spear, speet, splash, stab, stick, stob, stog, thrust, yerk
Scrabble Score: 7
gride: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgride: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gride: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary