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gound - What does it mean?

Definition of '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

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    Similar to 'gound'

    gonad, gained, gunned, ginned, gnawed, gynoid, gamed, gummed, gammed, gowned, gownd, gnod, ganoid, gayned, gemmed, gymed, goamed, gaumed, gawmed