grindcore

G2R1I1N1D2C3O1R1E1

noun

A fusion genre of extreme metal and hardcore punk, incorporating aggressive guitar riffs; extremely rapid drumming; and loud, largely unintelligible screaming.

Similar
grind
OriginEnglish hardcorebf. ← Middle English core ← Old English heard →
UncommonScrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noungrindcore (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA fusion genre of extreme metal and hardcore punk, incorporating aggressive guitar riffs; extremely rapid drumming; and loud, largely unintelligible screaming.

    Synonyms: grind

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fusion genre of extreme metal and hardcore punk, incorporating aggressive guitar riffs; extremely rapid drumming; and loud, largely unintelligible screaming.

Similar
grind

Origin

  1. Englishgrind
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kret-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*harduz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*hard(ī)
  5. Old Englishheard
  6. Middle Englishhard
  7. Englishhard
  8. Middle Englishcore
  9. Englishcore
  10. Englishhardcorebf.
  11. Englishgrindcore

From grind + -core.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 碾核
  • 碾核 (niǎnhé)music genre
French grindcore
  • grindcoremusic genre
Korean 그라인드코어
  • 그라인드코어 (geuraindeuko'eo)music genre

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

recording
Cite this entry
APA

grindcore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grindcore

MLA

“grindcore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grindcore. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grindcore,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grindcore.

Source: grindcore on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.