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meatgrinder

noun
/ˈmiːtɡɹaɪndə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From meat + grinder.

  1. inherited from grindere — “one or that which grinds; grinder”
  2. inherited from grinder
  3. compounded as meatgrinder — “meat + grinder”

Definitions

  1. A device for cutting meat into very small pieces.

    • Keep your fingers away from the throat of the meatgrinder.

  2. An activity with a high casualty or attrition rate, such as a military battle or an…

    An activity with a high casualty or attrition rate, such as a military battle or an occupational or athletic activity.

    • The mountainous second day of the race was a real meatgrinder, with 20% of racers dropping out.
    • Last year’s lightning advances gave way to local stalemates and a meatgrinder battle for Kobani, where ISIL troops massing to attack the Kurds on the ground made themselves easy targets for the Americans in the air.

  3. A process that is likely to be injurious in a non-physical way.

    • Senate confirmation hearings are a real meatgrinder, discouraging people from government service.
    • A world all too ready to swallow Their Kind in its all consuming meat grinder.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for meatgrinder. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA