Slappy vs. Grind

Slappyadjective

Resembling a slap, especially of sound.

Grindverb

(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

Slappynoun

(skateboarding) A grind on a curb without doing an ollie.

Grindverb

(transitive) To shape with the force of friction.

‘grind a lens; grind an axe’;

Slappy

Slappy is the second EP by American rock band Green Day. It was released in 1990 through Lookout!

Grindverb

(metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.

Grindverb

(intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.

‘This corn grinds well.’; ‘Steel grinds to a sharp edge.’;

Grindverb

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

Grindverb

To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.

Grindverb

(transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.

Grindverb

To rotate the hips erotically.

Grindverb

(slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.

Grindverb

To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.

Grindverb

(transitive) To operate by turning a crank.

‘to grind an organ’;

Grindverb

To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.

Grindverb

To instill through repetitive teaching.

‘Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.’;

Grindverb

To eat.

‘Eh, brah, let's go grind.’;

Grindverb

To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.

Grindverb

To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.

Grindnoun

The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

Grindnoun

Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.

Grindnoun

A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.

‘This bag contains espresso grind.’;

Grindnoun

A tedious and laborious task.

‘This homework is a grind.’;

Grindnoun

A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.

Grindnoun

One who studies hard; a swot.

Grindnoun

(uncountable) Grindcore subgenre of heavy metal

Grindnoun

(slang) hustle

Grindnoun

A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.

Grindverb

To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

‘Take the millstones, and grind meal.’;

Grindverb

To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.

Grindverb

To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.

‘To grind the subject or defraud the prince.’;

Grindverb

To study hard for examination; - commonly used with away; as, to grind away at one's studies.

Grindverb

To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.

‘Send theeInto the common prison, there to grind.’;

Grindverb

To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.

Grindverb

To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.

Grindverb

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

Grindverb

To perform hard and distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.

Grindnoun

The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

Grindnoun

Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.

Grindnoun

A student that studies hard; a dig; a wonk.

Grindnoun

an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

Grindnoun

hard monotonous routine work

Grindnoun

the act of grinding to a powder or dust

Grindverb

press or grind with a crunching noise

Grindverb

make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together;

‘grate one's teeth in anger’;

Grindverb

reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;

‘grind the spices in a mortar’; ‘mash the garlic’;

Grindverb

work hard;

‘She was digging away at her math homework’; ‘Lexicographers drudge all day long’;

Grindverb

dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced

Grindverb

reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it

‘grind some black pepper over the salad’; ‘she ground up the rice prior to boiling’;

Grindverb

sharpen, smooth, or produce (something) by crushing or by friction

‘power from a waterwheel was used to grind cutlery’;

Grindverb

operate (a mill or machine) by turning the handle

‘she was grinding a coffee mill’;

Grindverb

(of a mill or machine) work with a crushing action

‘the old mill was grinding again’;

Grindverb

rub or cause to rub together gratingly

‘he keeps me awake at night, grinding his teeth’; ‘tectonic plates that inexorably grind against each other’;

Grindverb

press or rub (something) into a surface

‘she ground a half-smoked cigarette into the ashtray’;

Grindverb

move noisily and laboriously

‘the truck was grinding slowly up the hill’;

Grindverb

(of a dancer) gyrate the hips erotically

‘go-go girls grinding to blaring disco’;

Grindverb

have sexual intercourse.

Grindnoun

a crushing or grating sound or motion

‘the slow grind of the US legal system’; ‘the crunch and grind of bulldozers’;

Grindnoun

the size of ground particles

‘only the right grind gives you all the fine flavour’;

Grindnoun

hard dull work

‘relief from the daily grind’;

Grindnoun

an excessively hard-working student.

Grindnoun

a private tuition class

‘experienced teacher offers grinds in Maths and Irish, to all levels’;

Grindnoun

a dancer's erotic gyration of the hips

‘a bump and grind’;

Grindnoun

an act of sexual intercourse.

Grind

A blade's grind is its cross-sectional shape in a plane normal to the edge. Grind differs from blade profile, which is the blade's cross-sectional shape in the plane containing the blade's edge and the centre contour of the blade's back (meaning the shape of the blade when viewed from the side, i.e.