transcription, транскрипция: [ graʊs ]
( grouses, grousing, groused)
Note: The form 'grouse' is used as the plural for meaning 1.
1.
A grouse is a wild bird with a round body. Grouse are often shot for sport and can be eaten.
The party had been to the grouse moors that morning.
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Grouse is the flesh of this bird eaten as food.
The menu included roast grouse.
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2.
If you grouse , you complain.
‘How come we never know what’s going on?’ he groused...
When they groused about the parking regulations, they did it with good humor.
VERB : V with quote , V about n , also V that , V
3.
A grouse is a complaint.
There have been grouses about the economy, interest rates and house prices.
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