grandma
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈɡrændˌmɑː/
- Informal
:
abuela
- So a month after my grandma's passing, we got a call.
- grandma and grandpa
- said grandma
- grandma's death
I will say this, this came from grandma and aunt Victoria.
- I will say this, this came from grandma and aunt Victoria.
- Don't tell my Italian grandma, but this is up there.
- Like, if you ask your grandma how Fiat banking works.
- And so my mom, my grandma, my dad, my older sister.
- I'm going to go with my grandma in her house.
- So a month after my grandma's passing, we got a call.
- Like that's when I was like, my grandma knew life could be different.
- So why would mom pop grandma use encrypted e-mail?
- No, I don't suck my grandma's toes at night.
- Anyway, my grandma had one of them.
- Like, like fuck Grandma Esther, slow as fuck.
Examples
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Then my mom and my grandma packed up my clothes in a suitcase.
Fiction book (1995) -
Have you visited your grandma recently? She would love to see you.
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Anyway, my grandma had one of them.
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Toward evening, he took me to stay with his grandma in the country.
Fiction book (1990) -
Hi kids, come and tell your grandma childhood stories.
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Have you heard from your grandma?
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Do you want to talk with grandma?
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We're going to get some gifts for Grandma and Jaden Bear.
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It's a good thing your grandma isn't awake; she'd be worried sick.
Fiction book (1995) -
My grandma always tells the best stories from her childhood.
Synonyms
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1.0
A mother of one of your parents
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7.9
A friendly name used for your grandmother
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1.0
An older woman who is your grandmother or a friendly older family member
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5.3
A woman who is the mother of your mother or father
20
5.0
A loving old-fashioned word for the mother of your parent
9
9.3
A Spanish word for grandmother used lovingly by family members
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9.1
A child's word for grandmother used in Britain
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2.0
The mother of your mother or father
4
8.1
An old-fashioned, loving name for a child's grandmother
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7.2
A friendly name family members use for a grandmother
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1.0
An older woman who is the mother of one of your parents
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2.9
A friendly name family members use for a grandmother
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8.7
An older woman who is the mother of your parent
1
9.9
An old-fashioned word for a grandmother
A grandmother in families with German or Dutch background
A grandmother who is called by the French word
Idioms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Grandma is a short form of grandmother, made of grand and ma, where grand marks an older generation (as in grandfather) and ma is a simple, informal word for 'mother'. So, grandma names the 'mother' one generation above you, which is why it means 'grandmother'.