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gronk

slang A repulsive substance, typically the dirt and lint that collects between the toes. Ew, look at this gronk! When was the last time you bathed? Do you boys always have talk about gross stuff like gronk? Ew, why would I want to see your gronk? Put your socks back on!

gronk out

slang
1. To stop working I have to go buy a new blender because mine gronked out today. A: "The TV just gronked out?" B: "Yes, and I already tried smacking it. It won't come back on." Judging by all that noise coming from her car, I'm pretty sure it's about to gronk out.
2. proverb To go to sleep. After a long day at work, all I wanted was to go home and gronk out. We were just about to gronk out when the car alarm started blaring outside.
See also: gronk, out
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gronk (out)

Sl. to conk out; to crash, as with a car or a computer. My car gronked out on the way to work this morning. The program gronks every time I start to run it.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

gronk

(grɔŋk)
1. n. a nasty substance, such as dirt that collects between the toes. I don’t want to hear any more at all about your gronk.
2. mod. worthless. I don’t care about your old gronk car. I’d rather take the bus.

gronk (out)

in. to conk out; to crash, as with a car or a computer. The program gronks every time I start to run it.
See also: gronk, out

gronk

verb
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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