grog

[ grog ]

noun

1. a mixture of rum and water, often flavored with lemon, sugar, and spices and sometimes served hot.
2. any strong alcoholic drink.
3. fired and crushed clay.

grog

/ ɡrɒɡ /

noun

1. diluted spirit, usually rum, as an alcoholic drink
2. informal.
   alcoholic drink in general, esp spirits

Word History and Origins

Origin of grog¹

1760–70; from Old Grog (alluding to his grogram cloak), the nickname of Edward Vernon (died 1757), British admiral, who in 1740 ordered the alcoholic mixture to be served, instead of pure spirits, to sailors.

Word History and Origins

Origin of grog¹

C18: from Old Grog, nickname of Edward Vernon (1684–1757), British admiral, who in 1740 issued naval rum diluted with water; his nickname arose from his grogram cloak

Example Sentences

If all this jesting and jousting about historically documented misogyny, maternal misery and decapitation isn’t your goblet of grog after a while, “Six” smartly pivots in the final wife’s number, “I Don’t Need Your Love.”

From Seattle Times

Just a few days earlier, a grog run had gone terribly wrong on the road.

From Washington Post

Ponche predated grog, the drink ordered by Admiral Edward "Old Grog" Vernon to replace the daily beer ration, which spoiled too quickly during long voyages and was too heavy to transport.

From Salon

Every Saturday night in “the Ritz,” as the common room of the ship was known, a ration of grog was issued to all hands.

From Literature

As long as the grub and grog kept comin’, and as long as everyone had a few turns gripping and ripping.

From Los Angeles Times