Antonyms for grouse


Grammar : Noun
Spell : grous
Phonetic Transcription : graÊŠs


Definition of grouse

Origin :
  • type of game bird, 1530s, grows (plural, used collectively), of unknown origin, possibly from Latin or Welsh.
  • noun complaint
Example sentences :
  • You may make a similar pie of pheasants, partridges, or grouse.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • My dear old ass, Gilbert wrote, why grizzle and grouse at the Bally Awful!
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • But all this is away from the point, which is, why grizzle and grouse at the Bally Awful.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • I was watching Willie and Grouse at play on the lawn a few days since.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
  • So Willie went back to where Grouse lay in the sun drying himself.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
  • If that were the policy; not one grouse or grumble should ever cross my lips.
  • Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
  • In the old days, Grouse had a good voice and Turkey had none.
  • Extract from : « Myths and Legends of the Great Plains » by Unknown
  • He writes that he was after grouse, hoping to get quite a number of them.
  • Extract from : « American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • Standish gleefully displayed two hares and a brace of grouse.
  • Extract from : « The Right Stuff » by Ian Hay
  • So the General went off northward for what was left of the grouse season.
  • Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan

Synonyms for grouse

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