gridle

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verb

To sing as a form of begging, especially to sing hymns badly with the aim of soliciting donations out of sympathy.

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Meanings

verbgridle (third-person singular simple present gridles, present participle gridling, simple past and past participle gridled)

present singular third person gridles · participle present gridling · participle past gridled · past gridled

  1. To sing as a form of begging, especially to sing hymns badly with the aim of soliciting donations out of sympathy.

    He also gridled sacred hymns in the streets, and sung sporting songs in the alehouses.

    1908, W. H. Davies, chapter 31, in The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

glidergirdlegilderDilgerregildridgel
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APA

gridle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gridle

MLA

“gridle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gridle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gridle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gridle.

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