grice

Meanings

Noun

• A pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a breed of wild pig or boar native to Scotland, now extinct.
• A gree; a step.

Verb

• to act as a trainspotter; to partake in the activity or hobby of trainspotting.

Origin

• From Middle English gris, from Old Norse gríss.
• Unknown, possibly from Richard Grice, the first champion trainspotter, alternatively perhaps a humorous representation of an upper-class pronunciation of grouser. In either case the derivation could be direct or a .