1. a small eel
Usage: chiefly British
2. a cricket or grasshopper
Usage: archaic or dialectal
3. a lively or merry person
Usage: archaic

Examples

• The fisherman caught several grigs in the stream.
• The sound of grigs chirping filled the summer evening.
• She was a cheerful grig, always laughing and dancing.
• Young grigs are often used as bait for larger fish.
• The old tale spoke of a merry grig who danced through the village.