(~s, grumbling, ~d)
1.
If someone ~s, they complain about something in a bad-tempered way.
I shouldn’t ~ about Mum–she’s lovely really...
Taft ~d that the law so favored the criminal that trials seemed like a game of chance...
‘This is inconvenient,’ he ~d...
It’s simply not in her nature to ~.
= moan, whinge
VERB: V about/at n, V that, V with quote, V
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Grumble is also a noun.
My ~ is with the structure and organisation of the material.
N-COUNT
grumbling (grumblings)
There have been grumblings about the party leader.
N-VAR
2.
If something ~s, it makes a low continuous sound. (LITERARY)
It was quiet now, the thunder had ~d away to the west...
The dogs made a noise, a rough, grumbling sound.
VERB: V adv/prep, V-ing, also V
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Grumble is also a noun.
One could often hear, far to the east, the ~ of guns.
N-SING: usu N of n