Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to grouse
Participle: groused
Gerund: grousing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | grouse |
| you | grouse |
| he;she;it | grouses |
| we | grouse |
| you | grouse |
| they | grouse |
Perfect
| I | have groused |
| you | have groused |
| he;she;it | has groused |
| we | have groused |
| you | have groused |
| they | have groused |
Past
| I | groused |
| you | groused |
| he;she;it | groused |
| we | groused |
| you | groused |
| they | groused |
Pluperfect
| I | had groused |
| you | had groused |
| he;she;it | had groused |
| we | had groused |
| you | had groused |
| they | had groused |
Future
| I | will grouse |
| you | will grouse |
| he;she;it | will grouse |
| we | will grouse |
| you | will grouse |
| they | will grouse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have groused |
| you | will have groused |
| he;she;it | will have groused |
| we | will have groused |
| you | will have groused |
| they | will have groused |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | grouse |
| you | grouse |
| he;she;it | grouse |
| we | grouse |
| you | grouse |
| they | grouse |
Perfect
| I | have groused |
| you | have groused |
| he;she;it | have groused |
| we | have groused |
| you | have groused |
| they | have groused |
Imperfect
| I | groused |
| you | groused |
| he;she;it | groused |
| we | groused |
| you | groused |
| they | groused |
Pluperfect
| I | had groused |
| you | had groused |
| he;she;it | had groused |
| we | had groused |
| you | had groused |
| they | had groused |
Conditional
Present
| I | would grouse |
| you | would grouse |
| he;she;it | would grouse |
| we | would grouse |
| you | would grouse |
| they | would grouse |
Perfect
| I | would have groused |
| you | would have groused |
| he;she;it | would have groused |
| we | would have groused |
| you | would have groused |
| they | would have groused |
Imperative
| you | grouse |
| we | Let's grouse |
| you | grouse |
Verbs conjugated like 'grouse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'grouse'
arouse,
growse,
rouse,
blouse,
bouse,
brouze,
browse,
carouse,
chouse,
douse,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Attested in the 1530s, as grows ("moorhen"), a plural used collectively.
2. The origin of the noun is unknown; the following derivations have been suggested:
3. * From Old French grue (“crane”) (modern French grue) or Medieval Latin gruta (“crane”), both from Latin grūs (“crane”).
4. * Borrowed from Celtic or a different Medieval Latin word.
5. * Imitative of the bird’s call.
6. The verb is derived from the noun.
Sample Sentences
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If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind,
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Don't grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind;
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Be handy and civil, and then you will find
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That it's beer for the young British soldier. [1890, Kipling, The Young British Soldier:]
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Grouse away!" he growled. "If grousin' made a man happy, you'd be the champion." [1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:]