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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'gorp' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions gorp noun  A loose mixture of dried fruit, nuts, frequently salt, and sometimes other ingredients; designed as an energy supplement while hiking, climbing, canoeing, etc. 1985, w:Anne Tyler, Anne Tyler, w:The Accidental Tourist, The Accidental Tourist, Knopf, ISBN 039454689X, chapter 19, :"They were living in their pajamas so as not to have too much laundry. They were eating for their suppers." :"I'm not even going to ask what gorp is," Sarah said, :"It's a mixture of wheat germ and nuts and dried"" 1996: Brian M. Parks, http://groups.google.com/group/rec.backcountry/browse_thread/thread/73537e3812d16464/54d6ed1eacf2a34b?lnk=st&q=&rnum=1 54d6ed1eacf2a34b gorp in rec.backcountry :...also take some cheese and hard salami and crackers which are normally not contained in to give even more variety. variety is the key here, and a bag of curtails this.....unless of course you wish to pack ten different varieties of with you :^) Etymology: Some claim an acronym for good, Good old, Old raisins, Raisins and peanuts, Peanuts, but this is probably a backronym. The Oxford English Dictionary cites a 1913 reference to the verb "gorp", meaning "to eat greedily".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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