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grouser
grouse 1 G0287100 (grous)n. pl. grouse or grous·es Any of various plump, chiefly ground-dwelling gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae of northern North America and Eurasia, characteristically having feathered legs and nostrils and mottled plumage.
[Origin unknown.]
grouse 2 G0287100 (grous) Informal intr.v. groused, grous·ing, grous·es To complain; grumble.n. A cause for complaint.
[Perhaps from French dialectal groucer, from Old French grouchier; see grudge.]
grous′er n.ThesaurusgrousernounInformal. A person who habitually complains or grumbles:complainer, crab, faultfinder, grouch, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mutterer, whiner.Informal: crank, griper.Slang: bellyacher, sorehead, sourpuss.TranslationsQuerulantQuerulantinbisbeticobrontoloneIdiomsSeegrousegrouser
grouser[′grau̇s·ər] (engineering) A temporary pile or a heavy, iron-shod pole driven into the bottom of a stream to hold a drilling or dredging boat or other floating object in position. Also known as spud. grouser
Synonyms for grousernoun a person who habitually complains or grumblesSynonyms- complainer
- crab
- faultfinder
- grouch
- growler
- grumbler
- grump
- murmurer
- mutterer
- whiner
- crank
- griper
- bellyacher
- sorehead
- sourpuss
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