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Grind

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 2 definitions
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Grind definition 1

Harde werk (Hard work)

"Daily grind continues (Daily hard work continues)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026
DEFINITION 2

Grind definition 2

Swoeg, werk hard (Toil, work hard)

"On my grind 24/7 (Working hard 24/7)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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2 community definitions
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Grind 🇬🇭 Ghana

To work hard for money

"The grind no be easy"
Grind 🇺🇬 Uganda

Grind (Hard work)

"Grind ya daily (Daily grind)"

🇿🇦 About South Africa Slang

South African slang, from Cape Town to Johannesburg, mixes Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sotho, and English into uniquely expressive township and street language.

KASINARY has 2661 South Africa slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Grind" Across Africa

This word is also used in 17 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Grind 🇬🇭 Ghana

Work hard
Grind 🇺🇬 Uganda

Grind (Hard work)
Grind 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Travay san aret (Work nonstop)
Grind 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Work hard
Grind 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Shogol shadid (Hard work)
Grind 🇧🇼 Botswana

Grind (Hard work)
Grind 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Grind (Work hard)
Grind 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ግራይንድ/መስራት (Grind)
Grind 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ho sebetsa ka thata / Boikitlaetso (To work hard / Dedication)
Grind 🇱🇷 Liberia

Work hard/Hustle (Work intensely)
Grind 🇱🇾 Libya

قرايند (Grind / hustle)
Grind 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Trabalho árduo (Hard work)
Grind 🇳🇦 Namibia

Work continuously (Continuous effort)
Grind 🇬🇲 Gambia

24/7 grind (24/7 hustle)
Grind

Work hard
Grind 🇳🇬 Nigeria

To work very hard (To work very hard)
Grind 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Gukora cyane (To work hard)

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