Grouse Definition

grous
groused, grouses, grousing, grousest
noun
grouses
Any of a family (Tetraonidae) of gallinaceous game birds with a round, plump body, feathered legs, feather-covered nostrils, and mottled feathers, as the ruffed grouse or sage grouse.
Webster's New World
A complaint.
Webster's New World
verb
groused, grouses, grousing
To complain; grumble.
Webster's New World
To seek or shoot grouse.
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adjective
grousest

(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Excellent.

I had a grouse day.
That food was grouse.
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Other Word Forms of Grouse

Noun

Singular:
grouse
Plural:
grouses

Adjective

Base Form:
grouse
Superlative:
grousest

Origin of Grouse

  • As a verb from the late 19th century (first recorded by Kipling), as a noun from the early 20th; origin uncertain, possibly from French groucier "to murmur, grumble", in origin onomatopoeic. Compare grutch with the same meaning, but attestation from the 1200s, whence also grouch.

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps from French dialectal groucer from Old French grouchier grudge

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Attested in the 1530s, as grows, a plural used collectively. Of unknown origin.

    From Wiktionary

  • 1940s, origin uncertain.

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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