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grouse 1

 (grous)
n. pl. grouse or grous·es
Any of various plump, chiefly ground-dwelling gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae of northern North America and Eurasia, characteristically having feathered legs and nostrils and mottled plumage.
[Origin unknown.]

grouse 2

 (grous) Informal
intr.v. groused, grous·ing, grous·es
To complain; grumble.
n.
A cause for complaint.
[Perhaps from French dialectal groucer, from Old French grouchier; see grudge.]
grous′er n.
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grouser

noun
Informal. A person who habitually complains or grumbles:
complainer, crab, faultfinder, grouch, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mutterer, whiner.
Informal: crank, griper.
Slang: bellyacher, sorehead, sourpuss.
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grouser

n (inf) → Meckerfritze m → /-liese f (inf)
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