US /ˈɡrɑɡ/ UK /ˈɡrɒɡ/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a drink of spirits, especially rum, diluted with water

    The sailors were rationed a measure of grog each evening.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a drink of spirits,... liquorspiritsdrinktipplebooze
Word family
Derived forms groggygroggery
Related forms groggerygroggy

Etymology

Named after 'Old Grog', the nickname of Admiral Edward Vernon, who wore a grogram cloak and in 1740 ordered sailors' rum to be diluted with water; grogram itself is from French gros grain ('coarse grain').

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