Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [gawrp]
- /gɔrp/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [gawrp]
- /gɔrp/
Definitions of gorp word
- noun gorp a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers. 1
- noun gorp A loose mixture of dried fruit, nuts, frequently salt, and sometimes other ingredients; designed as an energy supplement while hiking, climbing, canoeing, etc. 1
- noun gorp hikers' snack of dried fruit and nuts 1
- noun Definition of gorp in Technology /gorp/ (CMU, perhaps from the canonical hiker's food, Good Old Raisins and Peanuts) Another metasyntactic variable, like foo and bar. 1
- noun gorp a mixture of nuts, seeds, dried fruits, bits of chocolate, etc. eaten as by hikers for quick energy 0
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Origin of gorp
First appearance:
before 1955 One of the 4% newest English words
First recorded in 1955-60; perhaps alteration of glop
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Gorp
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gorp popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
gorp usage trend in Literature
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