grinch

== English == === Etymology === Named after the main character in a children's book by Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957). Coined as early as 1953, the term was initially used for a fictitious bird named the "Beagle-Beaked-Bald-Headed Grinch" in Scrambled Eggs Super!; it became associated with the character in a poem published in the May 1955 issue of Redbook, "The Hoobub and the Grinch". Likely a corruption of grouch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɹɪnt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ɪntʃ === Noun === grinch (plural grinches) (chiefly US) A grouch or killjoy. Synonyms: grouch, killjoy, spoilsport; see also Thesaurus:spoilsport Coordinate term: scrooge (informal, somewhat derogatory) A person who is aggressively intent on ruining the Christmas holidays for others. === Verb === grinch (third-person singular simple present grinches, present participle grinching, simple past and past participle grinched) (chiefly US) To act like a grinch; to be a killjoy towards someone. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== grinch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia