Definitions for Gross
Gross
gross
Spelling: [grohs]
IPA: /groʊs/
Gross is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.
You can make 29 anagrams from letters in Gross (gorss).
Definitions for Gross
noun
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a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
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total income from sales, salary, etc., before any deductions (opposed to net2 (def 5.)).
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Obsolete. the main body, bulk, or mass.
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Chaim [khahym] /xaɪm/ (Show IPA), 1904–1991, U.S. sculptor and graphic artist, born in Austria.
adjective
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without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ):
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unqualified; complete; rank:
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flagrant and extreme:
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indelicate, indecent, obscene, or vulgar:
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lacking in refinement, good manners, education, etc.; unrefined.
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large, big, or bulky.
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extremely or excessively fat.
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thick; dense; heavy:
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of or concerning only the broadest or most general considerations, aspects, etc.
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Slang. extremely objectionable, offensive, or disgusting:
Verb phrases
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gross out, Slang.
to disgust or offend, especially by crude language or behavior.
to shock or horrify.
verb (used with object)
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to have, make, or earn as a total before any deductions, as of taxes, expenses, etc.:
Origin of Gross
1350-1400; Middle English Old French gros large (as noun, grosse twelve dozen) Late Latin gross(us) thick, coarse
Examples for Gross
In its opening weekend the movie Heaven Is For Real (budget: $12 million) doubled its gross.
The film was made with a reported $90 million but imploded with a $39 million domestic gross.
The sex workers I spoke with rightly call it “vile,” “gross,” “terrifying,” and “exploitative.”
To expect the material from Him is to make Him gross, and to become gross ourselves.
Judge them not by the gross and heavy form in which they now appear.
At the door she met a bluff, big man, gross from head to foot.
World GDP (including North Pole toyshop gross output) is $84.97 trillion.
Aggie sniffed vehemently in rebuke of the gross partiality of fate in his behalf.
The tall son of Hanover was lean of flesh, but gross in muscle.
Listen up, commuters—your public transit rides are about to get a lot less gross!