Definition of "grouse" []

• Any of various plump, chickenlike game birds of the family Tetraonidae, chiefly of the Northern Hemisphere and having mottled brown or grayish plumage. (noun)
• To complain; grumble. (verb-intransitive)
• A cause for complaint; a grievance. (noun)

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• "When i am in grouse country, I am also in Whitetail country."
• "Our only grouse is we have very little bread, but we are expecting to get more from Tuesday May 5th."
• "Main courses included more Dornoch lamb, wild sea bass from Usan, turbot from Scrabster and grouse from the Scottish moors."