grouse

grouse ¹  (grous)

n. pl. grouse or grous·es

Any of various plump, chickenlike game birds of the family Tetraonidae, chiefly of the Northern Hemisphere and having mottled brown or grayish plumage.

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[Origin unknown.]

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grouse ²  (grous) Informal

intr.v. groused, grous·ing, grous·es

To complain; grumble.

n.

A cause for complaint; a grievance.

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[Perhaps from French dialectal groucer, from Old French grouchier; see grudge.]

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grouser n.

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grouse ¹

Noun

pl grouse

1. a game bird with a stocky body and feathered legs and feet

2. the flesh of this bird used for food [origin unknown]

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grouse ²

Verb

[grousing, groused]

to complain or grumble

Noun

a persistent complaint [origin unknown]

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grouse ³

Adjective

Austral & NZ slang fine or excellent [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grouse - flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil grouse - popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet game bird - any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport wildfowl - flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food
	2.	grouse - popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet family Tetraonidae, Tetraonidae - grouse black grouse - grouse of which the male is bluish-black ptarmigan - large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage capercaillie, capercailzie, horse of the wood, Tetrao urogallus - large black Old World grouse Canachites canadensis, spruce grouse - North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles Centrocercus urophasianus, sage grouse, sage hen - large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America Bonasa umbellus, ruffed grouse, partridge - valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada Pedioecetes phasianellus, sharp-tailed grouse, sprig tail, sprigtail - large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America prairie chicken, prairie fowl, prairie grouse - brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies game bird - any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport grouse - flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil covey - a small flock of grouse or partridge
Verb	1.	grouse - hunt grouse fowl - hunt fowl in the forest
	2.	grouse - complain; "What was he hollering about?" beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, squawk, holler, crab kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"

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grouse

verb 1. complain, moan, grumble, gripe (informal) beef (slang) carp, bitch (slang) whine, whinge (informal) bleat, find fault, grouch (informal) bellyache (slang) kvetch U.S. (slang)

noun 2. complaint, protest, objection, moan, grievance, grumble, gripe (informal) beef (slang) grouch (informal)

Translations

grouse [graus] n (pl inv) (bird) → urogallo

vi (= complain) → quejarse

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grouse [graus] n pl inv (= bird); grouse f (sorte de coq de bruyère)

vi (= complain) → rouspéter, râler

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grouse [graus] n inv → schottisches Moorhuhn nt

vi (complain) → schimpfen

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grouse [graus] n (pl inv) (= bird); tetraone m

vi (= complain) → brontolare

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grouse¹

n grouse [graus]

a kind of game bird. korhoender طائِر الطَّهْوُج бяла яребица tetřev rype schottisches Moorhuhn αγριόγαλος urogallo rabapüü باقرقره metsäkana grouse תרנגול בר एक प्रकार का पक्षी škotska lještarka nyírfajd ayam-ayaman lyngrjúpa gallo cedrone らい鳥 뇌조류의 새 tetervinas, kurtinys rubenis grouse korhoen rype głuszec, pardwa galo silvestre potârniche scoţiană шотландская куропатка tetrov, jarabica divja kura tetreb moripa นกตระกูล Tetraonidae orman tavuğu 松雞 шотландська куріпка بھٹ تیتر جس کا شکار کیا جاتا ہے gà gô 松鸡