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Definition of grouse verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

grouse

verb
 
/ɡraʊs/
 
/ɡraʊs/
[intransitive, transitive] (informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they grouse
 
/ɡraʊs/
 
/ɡraʊs/
he / she / it grouses
 
/ˈɡraʊsɪz/
 
/ˈɡraʊsɪz/
past simple groused
 
/ɡraʊst/
 
/ɡraʊst/
past participle groused
 
/ɡraʊst/
 
/ɡraʊst/
-ing form grousing
 
/ˈɡraʊsɪŋ/
 
/ˈɡraʊsɪŋ/
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  1. grouse (about somebody/something) | (+ speech) to complain about somebody/something in a way that other people find annoying synonym grumbleTopics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originverb early 19th cent.: of unknown origin; compare with grouch.
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