grog en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɡɹɑɡ/ (Canada, General-American)
- (Australia) audio
- /ɡɹɒɡ/ (UK)
- /ɡɹɔɡ/ (Australia)
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. Alternatively, from Old Catalan grog or groch, modern groc, meaning "yellow" (ultimately from Latin crocum (“saffron”); after the name of the resulting color of the watered down rum sold all over the Mediterranean. The ration of rum tot could also come from Catalan tot meaning "full", "whole".
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
[…] giving him a calebash, and the best part of a bottle of my rum, I desired him to run to the creek, and make me some grog, and this he did; but the poor fellow, never having made grog before, poured in all the spirits and but very little water, doubtless thinking, that the stronger it was the better; which beverage I swallowed to the bottom, without taking time to taste it, and I became instantly so much intoxicated that I could hardly keep my feet.
1796, John Stedman, chapter 11, in Narrative of a Five Years’ Expedition, volume 1, London: J. Johnson, page 264:
- (countable, uncountable) An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy. ▸ An alcoholic beverage made with hot water or tea, sugar and rum, sometimes also with lemon or lime juice and spices, particularly cinnamon.
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(Australia, New-Zealand, broadly, countable, uncountable) Any alcoholic beverage.
I quite understood their drift, and after a stiff glass of grog, or rather more of the same, and with each a sovereign in hand, they made light of the attack, and swore they would encounter a worse madman any day for the pleasure of meeting so 'bloomin' good a bloke' as your correspondent.
1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1993, page 142:
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(Australia, New-Zealand, countable) A glass or serving of an alcoholic beverage.
1950, Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice [The Legacy], New York: William Morrow, Chapter 5, p. 138, Joe […] told them how he had been nailed up to be beaten, and they shouted another grog for him.
- (countable, uncountable) A type of pre-fired clay that has been ground and screened to a specific particle size.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| grogs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
sly-grog · six-water grog · groggery · grog-shanty · grogshop · grog shanty · grog artist · grog-blossom · groghouse · on the grog · groggy · grogless · groggified · grog-fight
Descendants
გროგი · grog · grog · грог · grog · גְּרוֹג · grogue · грог · grogi · գրոգ · grog · qroq · grog · grog · грог · грог · Grog · 그로그 · грог · グロッグ
Synonyms
Translations (35)
uk грог (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · de Schamotte (type of pre-fired clay) · eo drinkaĵo (any alcoholic beverage) · ko 그로그 (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · eo grogo (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · eo alkoholaĵo (any alcoholic beverage) · fi toti (alcoholic drink based on hot water and rum) · mk грог (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · id arak pelaut (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · be грог (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · cmn 格羅格酒 /格罗格酒 (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · fi naukku (any alcoholic beverage) · ja グロッグ (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · kea groge (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · ru грог (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · ka გროგი (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · ca grog (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · eo ŝamoto (type of pre-fired clay) · kea grog (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · he גְּרוֹג (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · pt grogue (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · ru спиртно́й напи́ток (any alcoholic beverage) · bg грог (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · fi grogi (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · fr grog (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · az qroq (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · hu pia (any alcoholic beverage) · sv grogg (any alcoholic beverage) · bg пунш (alcoholic drink based on hot water and rum) · de Grog (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · pl grog (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · hy գրոգ (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water) · fi ryyppy (any alcoholic beverage) · mk пунч (alcoholic drink based on hot water and rum) · id grog (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water)