Groaner

//ˈɡɹəʊnə(ɹ)// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who groans or complains.

    "I don’t need to hear from groaners like you."

  2. 2
    a person who groans wordnet
  3. 3
    A work of extremely low quality, so bad as to inspire groaning. informal

    "That movie was a real groaner."

  4. 4
    A particularly egregious joke, especially a pun. informal

    "From the cleverest repartee to the worst groaner, people use and respond to puns, but sometimes find them hard to define."

  5. 5
    A whistling buoy. slang

Synonyms

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whistling buoy

Example

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"I don’t need to hear from groaners like you."

Etymology

From Middle English groner, gronar, equivalent to groan + -er.

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