gross-out

gross-out

1. modifier Eliciting a strong feeling of disgust or revulsion, usually intentionally. With its paper-thin plot and gross-out humor, this movie will only appeal to the most juvenile of audiences.
2. noun Some thing, event, or situation that elicits a strong feeling of disgust or revulsion, whether intentionally or not. That new horror movie isn't even scary, it's just trying to be a big gross-out. There's a piece of meat in the fridge that's completely rotten. What a gross-out!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

gross-out

1. n. something disgusting. That horror movie was a real gross-out.
2. mod. disgusting; gross. What a gross-out day this has been!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • blink-and-you-miss-it
  • high old
  • nothing if not
  • nothing if not (something)
  • nothing if not something
  • hard hat
  • hardhat
  • ever so
  • ever so/ever such...
  • once in a lifetime
References in periodicals archive
"I used to make four serious pics and one gross-out comedy every year.
And gross-out highlights certainly generate word of mouth.
Spain sees green in grossers
Whatever the route, any gross-out grossing $100 million or more with an R rating will be a true rarity.
That only appears to be the case for gross-outs, as we have come to know them, in recent years.
Gross errors in grading zitgeist
Funny as much of the action is, however, the approach feels rather less fresh, and the gross-outs seem more gratuitous and tossed in for effect, than in "There's Something About Mary." But such gradations will mean little at the B.O., with Fox's big summer comedy destined to keep audiences happy and piling into theaters for weeks and weeks.
ME, MYSELF & IRENE
American lowbrow laffers haven't always translated well overseas, but "Mary's" grosses may set a new standard for global gross-outs: The Farrelly brothers' comedy seems destined to outstrip internationally those kings of crassness, "Dumb and Dumber" and "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" (see TOP COMEDY GROSSERS).
`Mary' gels with overseas auds
FINAL DESTINATION 5 15The use of "Final" is redundant, seeing as we are now four sequels on from the original gore fest but, of all the modern horror sagas, this one is guaranteed to give you frights and gross-outs.
AT THE MOVIES
Multiple gross-outs are served up, to be sure, but they're not what you might expect, and the aftermath bears notably lifelike doses of regret and sober reflection on the boys' silly, sometimes inexcusable behavior.
Raunchy, rueful romp has '70s soul
Certainly not when the plot is primarily an excuse for a latrine full of toilet humour and puerile gross-outs.
Worrying sequel is crude not clever; Mike Davies takes a look at the week's cinema releases
If you love gross-outs, your prayers have been answered.
Gross medicine
Almost as an afterthought, the Farrellys toss in a couple of moderate gross-outs late in the game, notably one involving an unusual appendage of Mauricio's.
Shallow Hal. (Film: sweet `hal' thin on laffs)
As it is, commercials wiz Blair Hayes' debut feature is hopelessly compromised and quickly sunk by the mismatching of mild Farrellys-style mainstream caricaturing and gross-outs with weird societal highlighting that could have used the touch of an Errol Morris or Werner Herzog.
BUBBLE BOY
While traditional three-ring circuses have hit the skids in recent years, the genre has undergone some interesting cross-pollinations, from the hipster gross-outs of Jim Rose & co.
CHIENCRU
The phalanx of sequels, gross-outs and actioners occupied a narrow genre range and seemed numbingly calculated to capture every possible demographic.
Hotsy summer B.O. chills out