grousing

Verb (1)

grouse (third-person singular simple present grouses, present participle grousing, simple past and past participle groused)

1. (intransitive) To hunt or shoot grouse.

Verb (2)

grouse (third-person singular simple present grouses, present participle grousing, simple past and past participle groused)

1. (informal, intransitive) To complain or grumble.
   • If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind,
     Don't grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind;
     Be handy and civil, and then you will find
     That it's beer for the young British soldier.1890, Kipling, The Young British Soldier

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