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Definition of grunge
1 : one that is grungy
2 : rock music incorporating elements of punk rock and heavy metal; also : the untidy fashions typical of fans of grunge
grunger
\ˈgrən-jər\ nounRead the Latest from M-W
Examples of grunge in a Sentence
I'm a fan of grunge.
I cleared the grunge out of the drains.
Recent Examples of grunge from the Web
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Fresh out of his gig drumming for grunge trio Nirvana — dissolved after Kurt Cobain’s suicide in 1994 — Grohl was attempting to restart his life.
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If grunge prized murky guitar textures, pounding drums and lumbering bass lines with attitudinally angsty shouting, other bands were making slightly more sensitive music.
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Jenkins wasn’t angry and didn’t fit the post-grunge mold.
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Cornell gained fame as the lead singer of Soundgarden, one of the most successful grunge bands to come of out Seattle in the early 1990s.
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In a bit of irony, Raffloer never liked grunge music.
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And the pendulum started its long-term swings: progressive rock and corporate rock would be swatted back by punk and disco, hair metal would be blasted by grunge and hip-hop.
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The memorial service for the father of three and one of the celebrated leaders of the grunge movement was held at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in California.
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Many left heartfelt notes, guitar picks and one woman left roses wrapped in a flannel shirt, an emblem of the grunge era.
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Origin and Etymology of grunge
back-formation from grungy
GRUNGE Defined for English Language Learners
grunge
playDefinition of grunge for English Language Learners
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: a type of loud rock music that was popular especially in the early 1990s; also : the fashions associated with this type of music
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: heavy dirt
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