Meaning & use
Grousing
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Complaining in a persistent, grumbling way, usually about something minor.
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The employees spent the meeting grousing about the new parking policy.
Stop grousing and help me carry these boxes.
A note on using this word
Not related to the game bird 'grouse'; the verb's origin is uncertain but dates to 19th-century British military slang.
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