grouse
noun/ɡraʊs/
/ɡraʊs/
- [countable, uncountable] (plural grouse)a bird with a fat body and feathers on its legs, which people shoot for sport and food; the meat of this bird
- grouse shooting
- grouse moors
- roast grouse
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- [countable] (informal) a complaint
Word Originnoun sense 1 early 16th cent.: perhaps related to medieval Latin gruta or to Old French grue ‘crane’. noun sense 2 early 19th cent.: of unknown origin; compare with grouch.
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