Definition of Grig
1. n. A cricket or grasshopper.
Definition of Grig
1. a lively person [n -S]
Medical Definition of Grig
1.
1. A cricket or grasshopper. Any small eel.
The broad-nosed eel See Glut.
2. Heath. As merry as a grig [etymology uncertain], a saying supposed by some to be a corruption of "As merry as a Greek; " by others, to be an allusion to the cricket.
Origin: Cf. Sw. Krak little creature, reptile; or D. Kriek cricket, E. Cricket.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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