grinds

G2R1I1N1D2S1
/ɡɹaɪndz/

noun

Tutoring; extra lessons in a specific subject outside of school hours.

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Meanings

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of grind
noun
  1. pluralplural of grind
  2. IrelandcolloquialTutoring; extra lessons in a specific subject outside of school hours.

    You're not top of the class in English, he points out. She licks her teeth, unconcerned. Maybe you should give me grinds, Connell, she says.

    2018, Sally Rooney, Normal People, page 2
  3. HawaiislangFood, eats.
  4. proscribedcoffeeUsed ground coffee, coffee grounds.

    That was a song that Ida sometimes sang, puttering inefficiently about the kitchen, which always seemed sandy with coffee grinds and vaguely immoral with dead cigarettes on the burnt, blistered paint of the shelves.

    1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, page 313
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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