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say it: grohs
gross is an adjective, noun and verb meaning "before any deductions". It is pronounced /ˈɡɹoʊs/ — grohs. It carries 10 recorded senses.
visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
“an arrant fool”
“a complete coward”
“a consummate fool”
“a double-dyed villain”
“gross negligence”
“a perfect idiot”
“pure folly”
“what a sodding mess”
“stark staring mad”
“a thorough nuisance”
“a thoroughgoing villain”
“utter nonsense”
“the unadulterated truth”
twelve dozen
the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for gross come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.