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Gound vs Gourd - What's the difference?

gound | gourd |

As nouns the difference between gound and gourd

is that gound is mucus produced by the eyes during sleep while gourd is any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).

gound

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (dialectal)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Mucus produced by the eyes during sleep.
  • *2002 , Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea, Depraved and Insulting English :
    • Typical terms invented to fill this vacuum include sleepies, eye-snot, and bed-boogers. The correct word, however, is gound'. "Collin was never one to dillydally in the morning: by the time he had rubbed the ' gound out of his eyes he was usually on his third Manhattan."
  • *2004 , Bart King, Chris Sabatino, The Big Book of Boy Stuff :
    • Your eyes get dried mucus in them while you sleep. The stuff is sometimes called bed-boogers or eye-snot, but to be accurate, it is "gound ".
  • *2009 , Ammon Shea, Reading the OED :
    • The gunk that collects in the corners of the eyes. Gound is the perfect example of a word that is practically useless, and yet still nice to know.
  • Gummy matter in sore eyes.

    • Synonyms

    * bed booger(s) * eye booger(s) * eye-snot * sleep * sleepy dust

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    References

    * * Wright, The English dialect dictionary , Gound.

    Anagrams

    *

    gourd

    English

    (wikipedia gourd)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria'' and ''Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
  • A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria'' or ''Cucurbita .
  • The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.
  • (obsolete) Any of the climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes watermelon, pumpkins, and cucumbers.
  • (informal) loaded dice.
  • (slang) Head.
    • I got so stoned last night. I was out of my gourd .

    Derived terms

    * gourdful

    See also

    * basket * bucket * calabash * calabaza

    External links

    * American Gourd Society

    References

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