gramps

or gramp

[ gramps ]

/ græmps /

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noun Informal.

grandfather.

Origin of gramps

First recorded in 1860–65; see origin at grandpa, -s⁴

Words nearby gramps

Grampian, Grampian Mountains, Grampian Region, Grampians, Gram-positive, gramps, grampus, Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization, Gramsci, Gram's method, Gram's solution

Example sentences from the Web for gramps

But to be as good a farmer as Gramps had been, Bud needed technical knowledge.
The Black Fawn|James Arthur Kjelgaard
Gramps had said that the settlement of Oklahoma was a fine and wonderful thing, and it was.
We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run|James Arthur Kjelgaard
Gramps asked as he inspected the row Bud had planted so far.
The Black Fawn|James Arthur Kjelgaard
Doc Beardsley had known what he was talking about when he had said Gramps was able to hunt deer this season.
The Black Fawn|James Arthur Kjelgaard

Gramps twitched it free, retrieved his line, and turned to Bud.
The Black Fawn|James Arthur Kjelgaard