GROUSE

grouse

(noun) popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet

grouse

(noun) flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil

gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler

(verb) complain; “What was he hollering about?”

grouse

(verb) hunt grouse

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

grouse (plural grouse or grouses)

Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere.

Verb

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

To seek or shoot grouse.

Etymology 2

Noun

grouse (plural grouses)

A cause for complaint.

Verb

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

To complain or grumble.

Etymology 3

Adjective

grouse (comparative grouser, superlative grousest)

(Australian, NZ, slang) Excellent.

Anagrams

• -gerous, Rogues, orgues, rogues, rouges, rugose

Source: Wiktionary

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Grouse, n. sing. & pl. Etym: [Prob. after the analogy of mouse, mice, fr. the earlier grice, OF. griesche meor hen: cf. F. piegrièche shrike.] (Zoöl.

Definition: ) Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidæ, and subfamily Tetraoninæ, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet.

Note: Among the European species are the red grouse (Lagopus Scoticus) and the hazel grouse (Bonasa betulina). See Capercaidzie, Ptarmigan, and Heath grouse. Among the most important American species are the ruffed grouse, or New England partridge (Bonasa umbellus); the sharp-tailed grouse (Pediocætes phasianellus) of the West; the dusky blue, or pine grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) of the Rocky Mountains; the Canada grouse, or spruce partridge (D. Canadensis). See also Prairie hen, and Sage cock. The Old World sand grouse (Pterocles, etc.) belong to a very different family. See Pterocletes, and Sand grouse.

Grouse, v. i.

Definition: To seek or shoot grouse.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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