grig

/ɡrɪɡ/
noun
  1. A lively or cheerful person, especially a small or young one.
    • My grandmother called me a grig because I was so full of energy.
    • He's a merry grig, always telling jokes and making everyone laugh.
    • The little grig was always the first to start dancing at parties.
  2. A cricket or grasshopper.
    • The children tried to catch the grig in the meadow.
    • We could hear the grig chirping in the tall grass.
    • A green grig jumped onto the picnic blanket.
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