grog

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Meaning · English

To drink alcohol.

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

[…] a practice of “equal surrender.” This evocative phrase comes from Basil Sansom's ethnography […] of grogging sessions among Aboriginal communities in Darwin. Sansom argues that this style of communal drinking […]

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “grog” mean?

To drink alcohol.

Is “grog” formal or informal?

grog is generally slang.