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Definition of "gris-gris" [gris-gris]

  • Variant of grigri. (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.

Use "gris-gris" in a sentence
  • "Carry your flag with you at all times, for your tiniest fingernail carries a message, a declaration that there is gris-gris at hand."
  • "Then you need some gris-gris pronounced “gree-gree”: some voodoo/hoodoo medicine that aims to ward off a problematic spell."
  • "Take a black marking pen and write G-G for gris-gris on your left pinkie."