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verb - ambitransitive

• in a non-computing context, to search.

  Could you grep the menu for something vegan while I go to the bathroom?

  This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. It will be saved from deletion if legitimate citations are found.
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to search.

  Last edited on May 01 2013. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

• in a computing context, to search "manually" - i.e. by looking rather than using a computer program specifically intended for searching.

  I like GUIs because I can grep them visually for what I'm looking for.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to search.

  Last edited on Nov 10 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 10 2011.

origin

• From the name of a Unix utility used to scan files in search of particular content. ("Grep" itself means "global regular expression print".)

  Last edited on May 01 2013. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

noun

• between two extremes. For example, between right and wrong; permitted and not permitted.

                                                                                                                                                                         
  
                           
  
                                                                                                        
  
  Citation from "Episode 8", Get Shorty (TV), Season 1 Episode 8 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Nov 27 2018. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

• an old person.

  Last edited on Sep 09 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

• The name given to a very short skirt. Origin: Greyhound racing. i.e. It is only an inch from the "hare."

  That babe's got a bit of a greyhound there.

  Last edited on Aug 15 2002. Submitted by Mike from UK on Aug 15 2002.

• legal but unofficial.

  Last edited on Sep 09 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

noun

• Bicycle

  John Kitus is out riding his grid (or mangle or beaut').

  I'm riding my grid tonight.

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  Last edited on May 02 2013. Submitted by John Kitus from Boise, ID, USA on Jan 24 2012.

noun

• Stolen car

  Last edited on Dec 13 2016. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 13 2016.