plural of grim

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grim

A personification of Death as an old man, or a skeleton, carrying a scythe, taking souls to the afterlife.

plural of grim-gram

(US, colloquial, historical) The "Violence Week in Review" cable sent from the US embassy in El Salvador, listing the names of killed and missing persons.

plural of Grim Reaper

(UK) A phrase suggesting that the standard of life in the north of England is poor compared to that in the south.

(simile) With savage determination or persistence.

A philosophical problem related to Benardete's paradox, but involving countably many Grim Reapers, each of which will kill the person in question at a certain time (if still alive), taking a certain period of time to do it.

Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.