Grammy1
/ˈɡrami
/noun (plural Grammys or Grammies)
Each of a number of annual awards given by the American National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for achievement in the record industry.In February 1997, the album won a American Grammy Award as Best Musical Show Album....
- He left the club in May last year to form his band Dirty Vegas and has just picked up a Grammy, the American music industry's equivalent of an Oscar.
- She won five, tying a record for most Grammys by a Female Writer.
Origin
1950s: blend of gramophone and Emmy.
Rhymes
grammy2
/ˈɡramē
/(also grammie)
noun (plural grammies) US informal
A person’s grandmother: this recipe came from my grammy...
- She didn't really know her grammy at all.
- I asked her if she still visited her grammy.
- Maybe things would look up for her once her grammy's estate was settled.