Grind vs Slappy - What's the difference?
grind | slappy |
To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
To shape with the force of friction.
(metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
(sports) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
To oppress, hold down or weaken.
(slang) To rotate the hips erotically.
(slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
(video games) To repeat a task in order to gain levels or items.
To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
To instill through repetitive teaching.
(slang, Hawaii) To eat.
(slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
A tedious task.
A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
(archaic, slang) One who studies hard; a swot.
(subgenre of heavy metal)
Resembling a slap, especially of sound.
* 1855 , Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
*:Where the laughing-gull scoots by the slappy shore and laughs her near-human laugh
* 1963 , Delphin Rose Adsett, A magpie sings
*:Katy thought about the damp yellow bodies which often landed, with a slappy sound in a burst of moisture and steam rose off them because they were parted from the warmth of their mothers.
* 1998 , Dan Gelo, Fiddle Tunes & Irish Music for Mandolin - Page 11
* 2009 , Elisabeth Hyde, In the Heart of the Canyon - Page 55
*:"Bet these river guides get a lot of skin cancer", he said. He had a slappy , unpleasant way of doing it, and she struggled to keep her balance.
(skateboarding) A grind on a curb without doing an ollie.
As nouns the difference between grind and slappy
is that grind is while slappy is (skateboarding) a grind on a curb without doing an ollie.As an adjective slappy is
resembling a slap, especially of sound.grind
English
(wikipedia grind)Verb
(see usage notes below )- grind a lens
- grind an axe
- This corn grinds well.
- Steel grinds to a sharp edge.
- Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.
- Eh, brah, let's go grind .
- (Farrar)
Usage notes
* In the sports and video game senses, the past participle and past tense form grinded is often used instead of the irregular form ground. * Historically, there also existed a past participle form grounden, but it is now archaic or obsolete. * When used to denote sexually suggestive dancing between two partners, the past participle and past tense form grinded is almost always used.Derived terms
* bump and grind * have an axe to grindNoun
(en noun)- This bag contains espresso grind .
- This homework is a grind .
slappy
English
Adjective
(er)- Thin picks flex too much and make your wrist work overtime, plus they tend to produce a slappy tone. Those heavy picks popular with today's bluegrass mandolinists are really too stiff for playing the rapid triplets in some Irish tunes.
- Jill had Mark apply sunscreen to her back.