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English

Etymology 1

Noun

  1. Any of various game birds of the family ''Tetraonidae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere.


Translations
  • Aleut: cola baska
  • Croatian: {{t-|hr|tetrijeb|m}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|tetřev|m}}
  • Dutch: auerhoen
  • Finnish:
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|urogallo|m}}

Etymology 2

Noun

  1. A cause for complaint.


Verb

  1. To complain or grumble. As in 'Duck or Grouse', often written on low beams in pubs.


Translations

Etymology 3

Adjective

  1. excellent
  2. : I had a grouse day.
  3. : That food was grouse.


Category:Birds Category:English nouns with irregular plurals Category:English words with multiple etymologies

fa:grouse fr:grouse io:grouse it:grouse lt:grouse ru:grouse fi:grouse ta:grouse te:grouse vi:grouse zh:grouse

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Grouse \Grouse\, v. i.
1. To seek or shoot grouse.
[1913 Webster]

2. To complain or grumble; as, employees grousing about their
incompetent boss. [informal]
[PJC]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Grouse \Grouse\ (grous), n. sing. & pl. [Prob. after the analogy
of mouse, mice, fr. the earlier grice, OF. griesche meor hen:
cf. F. piegri[`e]che shrike.] (Zool.)
Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the
family Tetraonid[ae], and subfamily Tetraonin[ae],
inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump
bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled
plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus),
having feathered feet.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Among the European species are the red grouse ({Lagopus
Scoticus}) and the hazel grouse (Bonasa betulina).
See Capercaidzie, Ptarmigan, and Heath grouse.
Among the most important American species are the
ruffed grouse, or New England partridge ({Bonasa
umbellus}); the sharp-tailed grouse ({Pedioc[ae]tes
phasianellus}) of the West; the dusky blue, or pine
grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) of the Rocky Mountains;
the Canada grouse, or spruce partridge ({D.
Canadensis}). See also Prairie hen, and Sage cock.
The Old World sand grouse (Pterocles, etc.) belong to
a very different family. See Pterocletes, and {Sand
grouse}.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet grouse
n 1: flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae;
usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
2: popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and
feet
v 1: hunt grouse
2: complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: gripe, crab,
beef, squawk, bellyache, holler]
Moby Dictionary
Cornish hen , air a grievance , beef , beefing , bellyache ,
bellyaching , bitch , bitching , broiler , caille , canard , caneton ,
capon , chapon , chicken , clamor , complain , complaining , complaint ,
crab , croak , destructive criticism , dindon , dissent , duck ,
duckling , faisan , faultfinding , fowl , fret , fret and fume , fryer ,
fuss , goose , grievance , gripe , griping , groan , groaning , grouch ,
grousing , growl , grumble , grumbling , grunt , guinea hen , holler ,
howl , kick , kicking , lodge a complaint , murmur , murmuring , mutter ,
oie , partridge , peeve , peevishness , pet peeve , petulance , pheasant ,
pigeon , pigeonneau , poulet , protest , quail , querulousness ,
raise a howl , register a complaint , roaster , scold , scolding ,
sniping , squab , squawk , squawking , stewing chicken , take on ,
turkey , volaille , whining , wild duck , yap , yapping , yelp


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