English Explanatory Dictionary

grouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
verb
  1. To hunt or shoot grouse.
verb
  1. To complain or grumble.
noun
  1. A cause for complaint; a grumble.
adj
  1. Excellent.

Pronunciation

/ɡɹaʊs/ /ɡræɔs/ En-au-grouse.oga /ɡræus/

Word forms

grouse grouses grousing groused grouser grousest

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

moorbird moorcock moorfowl ace admirable amazing awe-inspiring awesome badass bang on bang-up studly based beatific beneship bitching blissful bomb brilliant bully celestial cher choice chronic chur cock on commendable cool copacetic crackerjack cushty dank def delightful divine dope epic excellent exceptional exemplary exquisite extraordinary fab fabulous fantabulosa fantastic fierce finger-lickin' good fire fireball first-rate fly frabjous glorious gnarly goated great grouse heavenlike heavenly

Antonyms

abysmal atrocious awful bad chronic coarse corny crap crapalicious crappy crummy deityforsaken dire disagreeable dismal dogshit dreadful fifth-rate foul fourth-rate godawful hellish hideous hopeless horrendous horrid horrible horrific inadequate incompetent inelegant intolerable inferior lackluster loathsome lousy miserable naff negative odious ordinary pathetic peak piss-poor rotten rubbish shitawful shitty sixth-rate sloppy subpar terrible unfavorable wack

Derived words

black grouse blue grouse Caucasian grouse dusky grouse fire grouse Franklin grouse Franklin's grouse grouseless grouselike grouse locust grouse whortleberry hazel grouse pine grouse ruffed grouse sage-grouse sage grouse sand grouse sand-grouse sandgrouse sharp-tailed grouse Siberian grouse sooty grouse tippet grouse willow grouse wood grouse grouser grousing
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