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gralloch

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈɡɹæləx/
  • /ˈɡɹælək/

1

noun

Meaning 1

The entrails or offal of a dead deer, especially when removed. Also the entrails of other wild animals, when removed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland, rare, uncountable

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2

verb

Meaning 2

(transitive) To gut or eviscerate a deer, or other game animal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland, rare

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3

verb

Meaning 3

The education committee report was always going to be the big one. Now it's out and ministers didn't entirely escape criticism. The HMI was, at last, deemed partly culpable. The SQA was predictably gralloched.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • — The Herald (Scotland), December 9t 2000.

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History

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic grealach (“entrails”), from Proto-Celtic *gre-lach, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵher- (“bowels”).