grouser

grouse ¹

 (grous)

n. pl. grouse or grous·es

Any of various plump, chiefly ground-dwelling gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae of northern North America and Eurasia, characteristically having feathered legs and nostrils and mottled 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.

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

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grous′er n.

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Thesaurus

grouser

noun

Informal. A person who habitually complains or grumbles:

complainer, crab, faultfinder, grouch, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mutterer, whiner.

Informal: crank, griper.

Slang: bellyacher, sorehead, sourpuss.

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Translations

QuerulantQuerulantin

bisbeticobrontolone

grouser

n (inf) → Meckerfritze m → /-liese f (inf)

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