grandkid

noun

grand·​kid ˈgran(d)-ˌkid How to pronounce grandkid (audio)

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Old Toys and Board Games Have dreams of letting your childhood favorites age into antiquity or be played with by your kids or grandkids? Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025 Kelton’s festive spending is likely to be in line with that, but her four grandkids, aged from 10, all the way down to one, won’t be getting any gifts from her. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025 Stewart, 84, adds that the grandkids, granddaughter Jude, 14, and grandson Truman, 13, don't call her Grandma, or Nana, or Gigi, or any of your typical grandmother names. Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025 Some things must be passed down to grandkids. Outside, 3 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grandkid

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of grandkid was in 1895

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“Grandkid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandkid. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.

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