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

grouse

noun
 
/ɡraʊs/
 
/ɡraʊs/
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  1. [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
    Topics Foodc2, Birdsc2
  2. [countable] (informal) a complaint
    3. 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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