Definition of "gruel" in English

noun

1. A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.

2. Punishment.

3. Something that lacks substance.

   • thin gruel

4. (slang, US, obsolete) Sentimental poetry.

5. (slang, British) Semen.

verb

1. (transitive) To exhaust, use up, disable.

2. (transitive) To punish.

3. (slang, British) Ejaculate.