Definition of grinder
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ordered a meatball grinder from the beach's concession stand
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A warm-up consists of about 1.5 miles of swimming, solid stretching, and a spin on the grinder–which is kind of like pedaling a bicycle uphill but with your arms–for 30 minutes.
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Eddie was more of a grinder, so Michael plays a little more like Martin Joyce.
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Cooper Dressler, a grinder for the Oracle team, estimated that maybe once a month a sailor from one of the six America’s Cup teams falls overboard.
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Some of the key cogs that helped Pittsburgh get to this point – rookie forward Jake Guentzel, 37-year-old playoff newcomer Ron Hainsey and career grinder Scott Wilson – weren’t even around last spring.
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Blending Magritte with Monty Python, the program takes you into a succession of windowless hotel rooms randomly populated with objects like pipes, bicycles and giant meat grinders.
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First Known Use of grinder
14th century
GRINDER Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of grinder for English Language Learners
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: a person or thing that grinds something
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