grouse

CEFRC2

/ɡɹaʊs/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A bird that lives mainly on the ground.

  2. 02

    verb

    To complain about something.

Examples

  • Grouse feed on the young shoots of heather.

  • He's got nothing to grouse about.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɡræɔs/
  • /ɡræus/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.

  2. To hunt or shoot grouse.

  3. Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.

More examples

In context

  • Tom is grouse hunting.

  • I had a grouse day.

  • That food was grouse.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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Origin

noun

Attested in the 1530s, as grows ("moorhen"), a plural used collectively. The origin of the noun is unknown; the following derivations have been suggested: * From Old French grue (“crane”) (modern French grue) or Medieval Latin gruta (“crane”), both from Latin grūs (“crane”). * Borrowed from Celtic or a different Medieval Latin word. * Imitative of the bird’s call. The verb is derived from the noun.