trail mix

noun

A blend of foods for snacking on the go, as during hikes, usually consisting of some combination of dried fruit, nuts, seeds, granola, and sometimes small candies, cereal, etc.

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gorpscroggin
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Meanings

nountrail mix (countable and uncountable, plural trail mixes)

plural trail mixes

  1. countableuncountableA blend of foods for snacking on the go, as during hikes, usually consisting of some combination of dried fruit, nuts, seeds, granola, and sometimes small candies, cereal, etc.

    ORIGINALLY a highcalorie energy sustainer for extended hiking, trail mix started becoming very popular in the late 1960s. Affectionately nicknamed Gorp, the basic recipe has been modified to suit the different blood types.

    2000, Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo, Catherine Whitney, Cook Right 4 Your Type, Penguin, →ISBN

    Synonyms: gorp, scroggin

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA blend of foods for snacking on the go, as during hikes, usually consisting of some combination of dried fruit, nuts, seeds, granola, and sometimes small candies, cereal, etc.

Similar
gorpscroggin
Also see
gorpscroggin

Translations

Catalan ganyips
  • ganyipsa blend of foods for snacking on the go
Chinese Mandarin 登山零食
  • 登山零食 (dēngshān língshí)a blend of foods for snacking on the go
Dutch studentenhaver, elitehaver
  • studentenhavera blend of foods for snacking on the go
  • elitehavera blend of foods for snacking on the go
Finnish evässekoitus
  • evässekoitusa blend of foods for snacking on the go
German Studentenfutter
  • Studentenfuttera blend of foods for snacking on the go
Hungarian diákcsemege, diákabrak
  • diákcsemegea blend of foods for snacking on the go
  • diákabraka blend of foods for snacking on the go
Polish mieszanka studencka
  • mieszanka studenckaa blend of foods for snacking on the go
Russian аджи́ль
  • аджи́ль (adžílʹ)a blend of foods for snacking on the go
Swedish jägarsnus, studentfoder
  • jägarsnusa blend of foods for snacking on the go
  • studentfodera blend of foods for snacking on the go
  • studenthavrea blend of foods for snacking on the go
Cite this entry
APA

trail mix. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trail%20mix

MLA

“trail mix.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trail%20mix. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trail mix,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trail%20mix.

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