Meaning & use
grouses
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Complains persistently in a grumbling way.
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He always grouses about the weather on his commute.
She grouses whenever the office coffee runs out.
A note on using this word
As a noun, 'grouse' also names a game bird, but the verb sense meaning to complain is unrelated in origin and much more common in everyday speech.
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praises
Another way to use it
2. noun
A game bird with a plump body and feathered legs, hunted for sport and food.
They spent the morning hunting grouses on the moor.
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