gragra

Naija

Alternative forms

• contri-side 0.70 12, chao 0.69 6, frankieleon 0.69 5, hoe 0.68 7, mattress 0.68 5, taxman 0.67 5, meskafun 0.67 5, brt 0.66 15, 414 0.66 5

Etymology

etymology:Yoruba ' gìràgìrà'.

Pronunciation

• gràgrà

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1511
• Frequency in raw corpus: 8
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 8754

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adjective

gragra: to behave in an unruly way -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Dey dier dey do gragra. Kalampo go soon show  — no translation

Synonyms

• contri-side 0.70 12, chao 0.69 6, frankieleon 0.69 5, hoe 0.68 7, mattress 0.68 5, taxman 0.67 5, meskafun 0.67 5, brt 0.66 15, 414 0.66 5

Antonyms

• contri-side 0.70 12, chao 0.69 6, frankieleon 0.69 5, hoe 0.68 7, mattress 0.68 5, taxman 0.67 5, meskafun 0.67 5, brt 0.66 15, 414 0.66 5

Translations

• English: to behave in an unruly way

Noun

gragra: no definition, hurrying -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:4)

   No be sey you go dey do gragra.  — (ABJ_INF_08_Impatience_DG__79, It is not all about being hasty.)

   See money, dem wan do am gragra, you wan do impatience.  — (ABJ_INF_08_Impatience_DG__80, Look at money! They want to be hasty about it, you want to be impatient about it.)

Synonyms

• contri-side 0.70 12, chao 0.69 6, frankieleon 0.69 5, hoe 0.68 7, mattress 0.68 5, taxman 0.67 5, meskafun 0.67 5, brt 0.66 15, 414 0.66 5

Antonyms

• contri-side 0.70 12, chao 0.69 6, frankieleon 0.69 5, hoe 0.68 7, mattress 0.68 5, taxman 0.67 5, meskafun 0.67 5, brt 0.66 15, 414 0.66 5

Translations

• English: no definition, hurrying