plural grouse or grouses
: 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
groused; grousing
grouser
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Verb
She's been grousing to her boss about the working conditions.
Fans have groused that the higher prices are unfair.
Noun (2)
a forum in which employees can air their grouses
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
Prior to Sadie, Adkins had used German Shorthair Pointers to hunt pheasants, chukars, grouse, woodcock and quail.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
IEEE Spectrum, 19 Jan. 2015
There is always a player (usually me) grousing about how their numbers never come up or complaining they get blocked more than everyone else.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2024
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Noun
And for people interested in wildlife viewing, the park is a haven for mule deer, antelope, grouse, and turkey.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
Prior to Sadie, Adkins had used German Shorthair Pointers to hunt pheasants, chukars, grouse, woodcock and quail.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
Most of them just groused privately, but one, Gary F. Marcus, a New York University research psychologist, used his forum as a contributor to The New Yorker to raise the issue of whether Turing’s test had become too easy to game, and to urge the AI community to come up with a replacement.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Jan. 2015
There is always a player (usually me) grousing about how their numbers never come up or complaining they get blocked more than everyone else.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2024
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“Grouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grouse. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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grouse
1 of 2 noun
plural grouse or grouses
: any of various plump-bodied game birds that are usually reddish or grayish brown with feathers on the legs
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