groaner /ˈɡɹəʊnə(ɹ)/ noun4 •One who groans or complains.I don’t need to hear from groaners like you. •(informal) A work of extremely low quality, so bad as to inspire groaning.That movie was a real groaner. •(informal) A particularly egregious joke, especially a pun.From the cleverest repartee to the worst groaner, people use and respond to puns, but sometimes find them hard to define. — 1993 •(slang) A whistling buoy. formsgroaners