Usually means: Steals Christmas, green, mischievous character.
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  1. grinch: Merriam-Webster
  2. grinch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. grinch: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Grinch, grinch: Wordnik
  5. grinch: Wiktionary
  6. grinch: Dictionary.com
  7. Grinch: Online Etymology Dictionary
  8. Grinch (disambiguation), Grinch (film), Grinch, The Grinch (film), The Grinch (video game), The Grinch, The grinch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. grinch: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  10. grinch: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. The Grinch: Who2
  12. grinch: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Grinch, The Grinch: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. grinch: A Word A Day
  2. grinch: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Grinch, grinch: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  (chiefly US) A grouch or killjoy.
noun:  (informal, somewhat derogatory) A person who is aggressively intent on ruining the Christmas holidays for others.

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