hand grenade

/ˈhænd.ɡɹəˈneɪd//ˈhænd.ɡɚˈneɪd/

noun

A small hand-held explosive device designed to be thrown at an enemy.

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Meanings

nounhand grenade (plural hand grenades)

plural hand grenades · alternative hand-grenade

  1. governmentA small hand-held explosive device designed to be thrown at an enemy.

    It began with a verbal hand grenade lobbed by Mr. Trump Monday, decrying the staggered release of hostages under the painstakingly crafted Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement brokered by his own envoy along with Qatar, Egypt, and the outgoing Biden administration.

    2025 February 11, Taylor Luck, “Jordan in a bind: What to offer Trump instead of taking in Gaza refugees?”, in The Christian Science Monitor
  2. archaicA fire grenade (kind of portable fire extinguisher).

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Catalan granada de mà
  • granada de màexplosive device
Chinese Mandarin 手榴彈 /手榴弹, 手雷
  • 手榴彈 /手榴弹 (shǒuliúdàn)explosive device
  • 手雷 (shǒuléi)explosive device
Danish håndgranat
  • håndgranatexplosive device
Esperanto mangrenado
  • mangrenadoexplosive device
Estonian käsigranaat
  • käsigranaatexplosive device
Finnish käsikranaatti
  • käsikranaattiexplosive device
French grenade à main
  • grenade à mainexplosive device
German Handgranate
  • Handgranateexplosive device
Greek χειροβομβίδα
  • χειροβομβίδα (cheirovomvída)explosive device
Hebrew רמון יד
  • רמון יד (rimon yad)explosive device
Hungarian kézigránát
  • kézigránátexplosive device
Indonesian granat tangan
  • granat tanganexplosive device
Italian granata, bomba a mano
  • granataexplosive device
  • bomba a manoexplosive device
Japanese 手榴弾, 手投げ弾
  • 手榴弾explosive device
  • 手投げ弾 (tenagedan)explosive device
Korean 수류탄
  • 수류탄 (suryutan)explosive device
Latvian rokas granāta
  • rokas granātaexplosive device
Norwegian Bokmål håndgranat, handgranat
  • håndgranatexplosive device
  • handgranatexplosive device
Polish granat ręczny
  • granat ręcznyexplosive device
Portuguese granada de mão
  • granada de mãoexplosive device
Punjabi ਹੱਥ ਗੋਲ਼ਾ
  • ਹੱਥ ਗੋਲ਼ਾ (hattha goḷā)explosive device
Romanian grenadă de mână
  • grenadă de mânăexplosive device
Russian грана́та
  • грана́та (granáta)explosive device
Spanish granada de mano
  • granada de manoexplosive device
Swedish handgranat
  • handgranatexplosive device
Tamil கையெறிகுண்டு
  • கையெறிகுண்டு (kaiyeṟikuṇṭu)explosive device
Turkish el bombası
  • el bombasıexplosive device
Welsh llawfom
  • llawfomexplosive device
Cite this entry
APA

hand grenade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand%20grenade

MLA

“hand grenade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand%20grenade. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hand grenade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand%20grenade.

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