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Gross out

noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something which sickens, causes distress, or appalls by reason of being disgusting, gory, or repulsive. Canada, US, informal

    "[T]his film is refreshingly low on scatological gags and other gross-out humor, preferring all-purpose bad jokes to bathroom ones."

Verb
  1. 1
    To sicken or distress (someone) by being disgusting, gory, or lewd. Canada, US, informal, transitive

    "Lisa likes him clean-shaven. "You know, when there's things crawling out of your beard or whenever you've got food left from lunch or dinner, I don't know, that just kind of grosses me out," she says."

  2. 2
    lose one's nerve wordnet
  3. 3
    fill with distaste wordnet

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