gravel cruncher
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A member of the military who is deployed on the ground rather than airborne.
American usage; Slang
Example Sentences
- "They developed a tremendous respect for the gravel crunchers after sweating out a few rounds of artillery and observing at painfully close range how rocky a Korean hill can be."
- "Nonaka seized on the critical importance of those who stormed the beaches first—the “gravel crunchers” as the Marines called them. It was a dangerous job."