adjective
1.
without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net): gross earnings; gross sales.
2.
unqualified; complete; rank: a gross scoundrel.
3.
flagrant and extreme: gross injustice.
4.
indelicate, indecent, obscene, or vulgar: gross remarks.
5.
EXPANDlacking in refinement, good manners, education, etc.; unrefined.
6.
large, big, or bulky.
7.
extremely or excessively fat.
8.
thick; dense; heavy: gross vegetation.
9.
of or concerning only the broadest or most general considerations, aspects, etc.
10.
COLLAPSESlang. extremely objectionable, offensive, or disgusting: He wore an outfit that was absolutely gross.
noun
11.
a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
12.
total income from sales, salary, etc., before any deductions (opposed to net).
13.
Obsolete. the main body, bulk, or mass.
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Grossing
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
verb (used with object)
Verb phrase14.
to have, make, or earn as a total before any deductions, as of taxes, expenses, etc.: The company grossed over three million dollars last year.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Old French gros large (as noun, grosse twelve dozen) < Late Latin gross(us) thick, coarse
1350–1400; Middle English < Old French gros large (as noun, grosse twelve dozen) < Late Latin gross(us) thick, coarse
Related forms
gross·ly, adverb
gross·ness, noun
out·gross, verb (used with object)
o·ver·gross, adjective
o·ver·gross·ly, adverb
EXPANDSynonyms
3. shameful, outrageous, heinous, grievous. See flagrant. 4. low, animal, sensual, broad. 6. massive, great.
3. shameful, outrageous, heinous, grievous. See flagrant. 4. low, animal, sensual, broad. 6. massive, great.
Antonyms
4. decent. 6. delicate, small.
4. decent. 6. delicate, small.
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Word Origin & History
gross
c.1347, from O.Fr. gros "big, thick, coarse," from L.L. grossus "thick, coarse (of food or mind)," of obscure origin, not in classical L. Said to be unrelated to L. crassus, which meant the same thing, or to Ger. gross "large," but said to be cognate with O.Ir. bres, M.Ir. bras "big." Its meaning forked
EXPANDin M.E., to "glaring, flagrant, monstrous" on the one hand and "entire, total, whole" on the other. Meaning "disgusting" is first recorded 1958 in U.S. student slang, from earlier use as an intensifier of unpleasant things (gross stupidity, etc.). Noun sense of "a dozen dozen" is from O.Fr. grosse douzaine "large dozen;" sense of "total profit" (opposed to net) is from 1523. Gross national product first recorded 1947.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
Gross (grōs), Samuel David. 1805-1884.
American surgeon and educator who wrote widely influential medical treatises, including A System of Surgery (1859).
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Cultural Dictionary
gross definition
Exclusive of deductions, prior to taxation, as in gross income. (Compare net.) Total, aggregate, as in gross domestic product.
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Slang Dictionary
gross definition[gros]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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