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grouse

 
Noun grouse has 2 senses
  1. grouse - flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
    --1 is a kind of
    wildfowl
    --1 is a part of grouse
    Derived form: verb grouse1
  2. grouse - popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
    --2 is a kind of
    game bird
    --2 is a member of covey; Tetraonidae, family Tetraonidae
    --2 has part: grouse
    --2 has particulars:
     black grouse; ptarmigan; capercaillie, capercailzie, horse of the wood, Tetrao urogallus; spruce grouse, Canachites canadensis; sage grouse, sage hen, Centrocercus urophasianus; ruffed grouse, partridge, Bonasa umbellus; sharp-tailed grouse, sprigtail, sprig tail, Pedioecetes phasianellus; prairie chicken, prairie grouse, prairie fowl
    Derived form: verb grouse1
Verb grouse has 2 senses
  1. grouse - hunt grouse
    --1 is one way to
    fowl
    Derived forms: noun grouse2, noun grouse1
    Sample sentence:
    In the summer they like to go out and grouse
  2. gripe, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler - complain; "What was he hollering about?"
    --2 is one way to complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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