grouse
IPA: grˈaʊs
noun
- (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.
- (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- (informal) A cause for complaint; a grumble.
verb
- (intransitive) To hunt or shoot grouse.
- (intransitive, originally military slang, informal) To complain or grumble.
adjective
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Excellent.
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