grotch

Verb

grotch (third-person singular simple present grotches, present participle grotching, simple past and past participle grotched)

1. (dated, slang) To annoy; to irritate.
   • GROTCH (Grennell) Acutely irritate. Usually passive. Speer suggests that this useful word is a transitive form of grouch.1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Grotch

   Synonyms:

   annoy

2. (dated, slang) To complain.
   • This might have been an amusing and ingenious piece of fantasy, but Palmer published it, and demanded that it be accepted, as fact. Fans, as might be expected, grotched most acutely at such a claim, seeing in it the revolting nadir of Palmerism; the completion of his shift from fictionalized...1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, RICHARD S(harpe) SHAVER
   • Oh yeah, Buz, so you were just a wee bit off on your Hugo nomination predictions last time around. I see where SFTimes did not make it and Cry did. Well, sorry to disappoint you, but if anyone gets my vote at all, it will be Warhoon. (I'm a bit grotched about their policy of your having to use the...1962 June, Edmund R. Meskys, “Cry of the Readers”, in Cry of the Nameless, number 161, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016, pages (19–36)

   Synonyms:

   complain