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- Dictionarygrouse/ɡraʊs/
verb
- 1. complain about something trivial; grumble: "she heard him grousing about his assistant"
noun
- 1. a complaint or grumble: "our biggest grouse was about the noise of construction work"
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May 22, 2012 · The meaning of GROUSE is any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds. How to use grouse in a sentence.
GROUSE definition: 1. a small fat bird, shot for sport and food 2. an angry complaint 3. to complain angrily: . Learn more.
GROUSE meaning: 1. a small fat bird, shot for sport and food 2. an angry complaint 3. to complain angrily: . Learn more.
noun. any gallinaceous bird of the family Tetraonidae, occurring mainly in the N hemisphere, having a stocky body and feathered legs and feet.
A grouse is a plump little bird. Don’t like birds? You can grouse, or complain, about them. The word grouse means both, but a grouse wouldn’t grouse because birds don’t whine. The word grouse has been around since the 1500s, referring to a ground-dwelling game bird with feathery feet and legs.
A grouse is a wild bird with a round body. Grouse are often shot for sport and can be eaten. The party had been to the grouse moors that morning. Grouse is the flesh of this bird eaten as food. The menu included roast grouse. 2. verb. If you grouse, you complain. 'How come we never know what's going on?' he groused. [VERB with quote]
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. [ Origin unknown .]
