grouse
noun
[ ɡraʊs ]
• a medium to large game bird with a plump body and feathered legs, the male being larger and more brightly coloured than the female.
Origin:
early 16th century: perhaps related to medieval Latin gruta or to Old French grue ‘crane’.
grouse
verb
• complain about something trivial; grumble.
• "she heard him grousing about his assistant"
Similar:
grumble,
complain,
moan,
groan,
protest,
whine,
bleat,
carp,
cavil,
lodge a complaint,
make a complaint,
make a fuss,
object to,
speak out against,
rail at,
oppose,
lament,
bewail,
grieve over,
sorrow about,
sorrow for,
sigh over,
mither,
twine,
bellyache,
beef,
bitch,
grouch,
kick up a fuss,
kick up a stink,
sound off,
go on,
whinge,
gripe,
grizzle,
chunter,
create,
kvetch,
chirp,
crib,
natter,
plain over,
grouse
noun
• a complaint or grumble.
• "our biggest grouse was about the noise of construction work"
Similar:
grumble,
complaint,
moan,
groan,
whine,
grievance,
objection,
protest,
protestation,
cavil,
quibble,
beef,
gripe,
bellyache,
grouch,
whinge,
plaint,
Origin:
early 19th century: of unknown origin; compare with grouch.
grouse
adjective
• very good (used as a general term of approval).
• "the car was a grouse tomato red which everyone liked"
Origin:
1920s: of unknown origin.
