grue
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- To be frightened; to shudder with fear.
Noun
- A shiver, a shudder.
- Any byproduct of a gruesome event, such as gore, viscera, entrails, blood and guts.
- A fictional man-eating predator that dwells in the dark.
- Nutraloaf, a bland mixture of foods served in prisons.
Adjective
- Of an object, green when first observed before a specified time or blue when first observed after that time.
- Of a single color inclusive of both green and blue as different shades, used in translations from languages such as Old Welsh and Old Chinese that lacked a distinction between green and blue.
Proper noun
- A municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark.
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