Grouse

Quick meaning: Grouse is a noun meaning (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.

Meaning

(uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To hunt or shoot grouse.
2. (intransitive, originally military slang, informal) To complain or grumble.
3. (informal) A cause for complaint; a grumble.
4. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Excellent.
5. (countable) 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.

Example Sentences

I had a grouse day.

That food was grouse.

Looke to 't, young growſe: Ile lay it on, and ſure; / Take 't off who's wull.

Grouse away!" he growled. "If grousin' made a man happy, you'd be the champion."

Word Forms

• grouses
• grousing
• groused
• grouser
• grousest

Synonyms for grouse

Depending on context, synonyms include moorbird, moorcock, moorfowl, ace, admirable, amazing.

Antonyms for grouse

Common opposites include abysmal, atrocious, bad, chronic, coarse, corny.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include beef, bellyache, gripe, squawk, complain, conservation.

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