Definition of "grenade" []

• A small bomb or explosive missile that is detonated by a fuse and thrown by hand or shot from a rifle or launcher. (noun)
• A glass container filled with a chemical such as tear gas that is dispersed when the container is thrown and broken. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The only expertise required to throw a grenade is the bare minimum needed to find cover before that small number is reached."
• "Nine out of ten times, the grenade is a grenade because she's ugly and fat."
• "Bomb: A bomb, also known as a grenade, is thrown as a splash weapon."