Dictionary

gross out en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (Canada, US, informal) Something which sickens, causes distress, or appalls by reason of being disgusting, gory, or repulsive.
   • On the surface, the film is a globe-trotting gross-out caper in which Nobby, who's from a hellish version of the titular Lincolnshire town ("twinned with Chernobyl"), is reunited with his long-lost brother Sebastian (Mark Strong), who has become a spy for the British secret services. 2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London):
   • For Marlon Wayans — who returns as writer, star and sparkplug of “A Haunted House 2,” another ramshackle assortment of sight gags, scares, laughs and gross-outs — there is no bottom.[…] Malcolm seeks help via the Internet but not before he has elaborately explicit “sex” with Abigail, easily among the most offensively tasteless gross-outs in a movie that delights in them. 2014 April 19, Stephen Schaefer, “Wayans’ ‘Haunted’ sequel fails to scare up laughs”, in Boston Herald, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2020, retrieved 22 Apr 2014:
   • Notwithstanding that episode, this film is refreshingly low on scatological gags and other gross-out humor, preferring all-purpose bad jokes to bathroom ones. 1993 May 21, Janet Maslin, “From 'Rambo' to Rodham, Smirking All the Way]" (film review of Hot Shots! Part Deux)”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2020, retrieved 22 Apr 2014:

Forms

gross out en · VERB

Meanings

1. (Canada, US, informal, transitive) To sicken or distress (someone) by being disgusting, gory, or lewd.
   • Lisa likes him clean-shaven. "You know, when there's things crawling out of your beard or whenever you've got food left from lunch or dinner, I don't know, that just kind of grosses me out," she says. 2013 August 22, Ann Oldenburg, “Beardless 'Duck Dynasty' brother reveals wild past”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2021, retrieved 22 Apr 2014:
   • The Stick of Truth is a game where you can choose to use a toilet and then, later, fling the result at your enemies to weaken them by grossing them out. 2014 March 4, Chris Suellentrop, “Trey Parker and Matt Stone Make a ‘South Park’ Game”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2021, retrieved 22 Apr 2014:

Forms

Relateds

put off · turn off · weird out

Translations (7)

pl obrzydzać (to sicken by reason of being disgusting) · kmr kerixandin (to sicken by reason of being disgusting) · pl obrzydzić (to sicken by reason of being disgusting) · fr dégoûter (to sicken by reason of being disgusting) · fi kuvottaa (to sicken by reason of being disgusting) · fr écœurer (to sicken by reason of being disgusting) · pl brzydzić (to sicken by reason of being disgusting)