grouse

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡraʊs/

Etymology 1

Noun

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.

Translations

any of various game birds of the family Tetraonidae

Aleut: cola baska Croatian: tetrijeb (hr) m. Czech: tetřev (cs) m. Dutch: auerhoen Finnish: metsäkana (fi) German: Moorhuhn (de) n., Raufußhuhn (de) n. Greek: αγριόγαλος (el) (agriógalos) m., (zoology) τετράων (el) (tetráon) m. Italian: urogallo (it), gallo cedrone (it), pernice (it)

Latgalian: rubyns m. Latvian: rubenis (lv) m., teteris (lv) m. Lithuanian: tetervinas (lt) Macedonian: тетреб (mk) (tétreb) m. Navajo: dįʼ Portuguese: tetraz (pt) m., galo-silvestre (pt) m. Russian: тетерев (ru) m. Spanish: urogallo (es) m.

Etymology 2

Noun

grouse (plural grouses)

1. A cause for complaint.

Verb

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

1. To complain or grumble.

Translations

to complain or grumble

Bosnian: gunđati (bs) Greek: σαλιαρίζω (el) (saliarízo), γκρινιάζω (el) (griniázo)

Italian: brontolare (it), lamentarsi (it) Portuguese: tetraz m.

Etymology 3

Adjective

grouse (comparative grouser, superlative grousest)

1. (Australian slang) excellent

   I had a grouse day.

   That food was grouse.

Anagrams

• rogues
• rouges
• rugose