grindie

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noun

A style of music that fuses indie and grime music.

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Meanings

noungrindie (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA style of music that fuses indie and grime music.

    The whole 'grindie' thing is just bollocks. I hate labelling music. They make up names and throw it to anything.

    2006, Hip-hop connection, numbers 208-209, page 14
    2 more examples

    He is known for MCing in grime music, and is also associated with the grindie scene which combines influences from grime, with indie rock.

    2008, Damien Morgan, Hip Hop Had a Dream, volume 1, page 345

    Dizzee […] went on to make 'Temptation', creating the first grime-indie track, or 'grindie' as Dizzee calls it[…]

    2011, Alex Kitts, Dizzee Rascal: Tales from Da Corner

Origin

Blend of grime + indie.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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