grouse

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[edit] Etymology 1

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[edit] Noun

Singular
grouse

Plural
grouse or grouses

grouse (plural grouse or grouses)

  1. Any of various game birds of the family Tetraonidae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere.
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[edit] Noun

Singular
grouse

Plural
grouses

grouse (plural grouses)

  1. A cause for complaint.

italiano brontolio lamentela lagnanza

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Infinitive
to grouse

Third person singular
grouses

Simple past
groused

Past participle
groused

Present participle
grousing

to grouse (third-person singular simple present grouses, present participle grousing, simple past and past participle groused)

  1. To complain or grumble. As in 'Duck or Grouse', often written on low beams in pubs.
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[edit] Adjective

grouse (comparative grouser, superlative grousest)

  1. (Australian slang) excellent
    I had a grouse day.
    That food was grouse.

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