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grouse | undefined |

As adjectives the difference between grouse and undefined

is that grouse is (australian|nz|slang) excellent while undefined is lacking a definition or value.

As a noun grouse

is any of various game birds of the family tetraonidae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere or grouse can be a cause for complaint.

As a verb grouse

is to seek or shoot grouse or grouse can be to complain or grumble.

grouse

English

(wikipedia grouse)

Etymology 1

Attested in the 1530s, as grows , a plural used collectively. Of origin.

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of various game birds of the family Tetraonidae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere.

    • Verb

    (grous)
  • To seek or shoot grouse.

    • Etymology 2

    As a verb from the late 19th century (first recorded by Kipling), as a noun from the early 20th; origin uncertain, possibly from French groucier "to murmur, grumble", in origin onomatopoeic. Compare grutch with the same meaning, but attestation from the 1200s, whence also grouch.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cause for complaint.

    • Verb

    (grous)
  • To complain or grumble.
  • *1890 , Kipling,
  • *:If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind,
    • Don't grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind;
    Be handy and civil, and then you will find
    That it's beer for the young British soldier.

    Etymology 3

    1940s, origin .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (Australian, NZ, slang) Excellent.
    • I had a grouse day.
    That food was grouse .
  • * 1991 , , Scribner Paperback Fiction 2002, page 182,
    • They were the grousest ladies she?d ever met.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , title=SPOILER FTF - questions , group=aus.tv.x-files , author=Stujo , date=July 23 , year=1998 , passage=Not a question but the gag of Mulder pissing on the ID4 poster was grouse . citation
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , title=FS Ultralight Aircraft , group=aus.motorcycles , author=Leeroy , date=October 4 , year=2003 , passage=I know, but I moved from riding bikes to flying and it is a great move. All riders without a fear of heights I know that flew with me thought it was grouse - and there are no coppers or speed limits up there. citation

    Anagrams

    * * * English nouns with irregular plurals English terms with multiple etymologies

    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
    • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined