name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A grandfather. informal

   "Come and say hello to your old grandpappy Cranky."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   one's grandfather informal

   "Grandpappy told me about his life."

Synonyms

All synonyms

pagrandfather

Example

More examples

"Come and say hello to your old grandpappy Cranky."

Etymology

From grand- + pappy.

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