grue

/G R UW1/
noun
  1. 1

    A fictional man-eating predator that dwells in the dark.

  2. 2

    (Scotland) A shiver, a shudder.

  3. 3

    Any byproduct of a gruesome event, such as gore, viscera, entrails, blood and guts.

  4. 4

    (slang) Nutraloaf, a bland mixture of foods served in prisons.

  5. 5

    A municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark.

verb
  1. 1

    (intransitive, archaic except Northern England, Scotland) To be frightened; also, to shudder with fear; to quake, to tremble.

adjective
  1. 1

    (philosophy) Of an object, green when first observed before a specified time or blue when first observed after that time.

  2. 2

    (linguistics) Of a single color inclusive of both green and blue as different shades, used in translations from languages such as Old Welsh and Old Chinese that lacked a distinction between green and blue.