grotch

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grotch

/ɡɹɑːt͡ʃ/

Rhymes with -ɒtʃ

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Coined by American journalist Dean Grennell.

verb grotches · grotching · grotched

dated, slang To annoy; to irritate. GROTCH (Grennell) Acutely irritate. Usually passive. Speer suggests that this useful word is a transitive form of grouch.
Similar: annoy
dated, slang To complain. This might have been an amusing and ingenious piece of fantasy, but Palmer published it, and demanded that it be accepted, as fact. Fans, as might be expected, grotched most acutely at such a claim, seeing in it the revolting nadir of Palmerism; the completion of his shift from fictionalized science
Similar: complain

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@misc{grotch_2026,
  title = {grotch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grotch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}