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verb | noun grousegrouse1 /graʊs/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYgrouse1Origin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from Latin gruta, name of a type of bird hunted for food VERB TABLEgrouse |
Present | I, you, we, they | grouse | | he, she, it | grouses | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | groused | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have groused | | he, she, it | has groused | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had groused | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will grouse | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have groused |
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Present | I | am grousing | | he, she, it | is grousing | | you, we, they | are grousing | Past | I, he, she, it | was grousing | | you, we, they | were grousing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been grousing | | he, she, it | has been grousing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been grousing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be grousing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been grousing |
informal to complain about something: He was always grousing about his aches and pains. verb | noun grousegrouse2 noun (plural grouse or grouses) ETYMOLOGYgrouse2Origin: 1800-1900 Perhaps from Old French grouchier; ➔ GROUCH1 [countable, uncountable] a small fat bird that is hunted and shot for food and sport, or the meat of this bird |