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grandpa

[ gran-pah, -paw, grand-, gram-, gram-puh ]

noun

, Informal.


grandpa

/ ˈɡrænd-; ˈɡræm-; ˈɡrænd-; ˈɡrænpəˌpɑː; ˈɡrænˌpɑː /

noun

  1. informal words for grandfather


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Word History and Origins

Origin of grandpa1

First recorded in 1885–90; grand- + pa

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Example Sentences

The characters you play on the show are extremely diverse—ranging from a cocaine-rattled rich boy to an ornery Jewish grandpa.

One strip, Foolish Grandpa and Sour Henry, shows Grandpa being hit on the head by a sandbag and blown up by dynamite.

There is something authentic and warm in the way she evokes “my Grandpa,” the great Francis Ford Coppola.

And Anthony Hopkins as Noah's hammy 969-year-old grandpa, Methuselah, who was apparently an incorrigible berry addict.

In that case, best of luck on Sunday night to the makeup team from Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa!

"You know there are many gold and silver mines in California," continued grandpa.

The old lady was taken home, and grandpa and Johnny's father started off, quite naturally in the wrong direction, for Johnny.

If my father is strict and stern sometimes, he's ever so much better and kinder than Grandpa Dinsmore.

Grandpa feels that he is growing old, and has done enough of that kind of work.

Well, she and your grandpa would sit and argue about that name, and after I don't know how long they settled on William Carleton.

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