Sekirov Dictionary

grouse

/ɡɹaʊs/

noun 3
adjective 1
verb 2
forms 5

noun3

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Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.
- Among fowls for the table [of King Henry VIII] are crocards, winders, runners, grows, and peions, but neither Turky or Guiney-fowl. — 1531
(informal) A cause for complaint; a grumble.
The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.

adjective1

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(Australia, slang) Excellent.
- I had a grouse day.
- That food was grouse.

verb2

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(informal) To complain or grumble.
- If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind, Don't grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind; Be handy and civil, and then you will find That it's beer for the young British soldier. — 1890
To hunt or shoot grouse.

forms

groused · grousing · grouses · grouser · grousest

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