grex

1 of 2

intransitive verb

ˈgreks

-ed/-ing/-es

dialectal

: to grumble or complain often shrilly or scoldingly

grex

2 of 2

noun

"

plural -es

: a measuring unit for fibers, filaments, and yarns based on the weight in grams of 10,000 meters of fiber or yarn

Word History

Etymology

Intransitive verb

Pennsylvania German greckse & German dialect greckse, grecksen to groan, grumble, complain, from early German krachitzen to cry hoarsely, frequentative of krachen to crack, crash, roar, from Old High German krahhōn

Noun

gram per X (ten) kilometers

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