grindy

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English

Etymology

From grind +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

grindy (comparative more grindy or grindier, superlative most grindy or grindiest)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of grinding.
    a grindy noise
    • 1986, H R F Keating, “Old P”, in Ellery Queen’s Prime Crimes, Secaucus, N.J.: Castle, published 1988, →ISBN, page 352:
      And “Old P” had stuck, for the whole of the year that Tony had had her, as her grinding day by day got grindier and her spluttering splutterier.
    • 2004 fall–winter, Brian, “Solid Decline / Strong Intention – split EP”, in Profane Existence: Making Punk a Threat Again!, number 46, Minneapolis, Minn.: Profane Existence, →ISSN, page 81, column 1:
      The songwriting is a bit more grindy than I recall on their other releases, but I’m into that anyway.
    • 2008, Chris Lynch, “Game On”, in The Big Game of Everything, New York, N.Y.: HarperTeen, →ISBN, page 264:
      I head for the door, but instantly the bumping, gurgling diesel sound gets louder, grindier, it becomes more frantic, and I do too.
    • 2016, Alan Brough, “The Explosion”, in Charlie and the War Against the Grannies, Sydney, N.S.W.: Pan, →ISBN, page 262:
      he gun had stopped firing and started making a horrible grinding noise and burping out thick, stinky smoke. […] The grinding got grindier.
  2. (video games, informal) Involving a lot of repetition in order to progress.
    • 2009 June, Lynxara , Vivek Varadarajan, “Free Realms”, in Hardcore Gamer Magazine, volume 5, number 1, : DoubleJump Publishing, →ISSN, page 12:
      HGM’s writers have spent time in the grindiest of grindy Korean and Japanese free-to-plays, but Free Realms is something new and different and better.
    • 2010, Scott Rogers, “More Wealth Than You Can Imagine!”, in Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game Design, Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley, →ISBN, Level 13 (Now You’re Playing with Power), page 365:
      Greed will get players to do interesting things. They will grind their way through the grindiest MMOs to get that stronger sword, that unique hat, gain that next level.
    • 2011, Dave Randall, “All in the Game: Families, Peer Groups and Game Playing in the Home”, in Richard Harper, editor, The Connected Home: The Future of Domestic Life, London: Springer, →ISBN, Part II (Experiencing the Connected Home), page 129:
      he student may have sufficient time to spend hours on even the ‘grindiest’ of games or, elsewhere, the mundanities of working life intervene.
    • 2012, Scott Rogers, Swipe This!: The Guide to Great Touchscreen Game Design:
      Beware, as these achievements can feel “grindy” unless there is a worthwhile reward attached.
    • 2015, Richard A. Bartle, MMOs from the Inside Out:
      Some players seem to think that grindy content has been put in on purpose to pad out play […]

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Noun

grindy

  1. inflection of grinda:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative plural
    3. accusative plural
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