Grouse
noun
A kind of bird that lives in wooded or hilly areas.
We went hunting for grouse in the countryside.
Often appears as...
- grouse shooting
- grouse hunting
verb
To complain or grumble about something.
He is always grouse about his job.
Often appears as...
- grouse about
- grouse over
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
In Australian slang, it means very good or excellent.
That's a grouse idea!
Often appears as...
- grouse idea
- grouse mate
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Idiomatic
noun
A kind of bird that lives in wooded or hilly areas.
We went hunting for grouse in the countryside.
Often appears as...
- grouse shooting
- grouse hunting
verb
To complain or grumble about something.
He is always grouse about his job.
Often appears as...
- grouse about
- grouse over
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
In Australian slang, it means very good or excellent.
That's a grouse idea!
Often appears as...
- grouse idea
- grouse mate
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Outdoor Context
Grouse are wild birds, so discuss them in the context of nature, like hunting or bird watching.
She photographed a grouse in its natural habitat.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Domestic
Unlike chickens, grouse aren't farm birds and aren't typically domesticated.
Farmers don't raise grouses like they do with other poultry.
Pro Tip 3/3Hunting Season
Grouse hunting has specific seasons; consider this when talking about grouse in a yearly context.
Grouse season starts in the fall.
Pro Tip 1/3Outdoor Context
Grouse are wild birds, so discuss them in the context of nature, like hunting or bird watching.
She photographed a grouse in its natural habitat.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Domestic
Unlike chickens, grouse aren't farm birds and aren't typically domesticated.
Farmers don't raise grouses like they do with other poultry.
Pro Tip 3/3Hunting Season
Grouse hunting has specific seasons; consider this when talking about grouse in a yearly context.
Grouse season starts in the fall.
Pro Tip 1/3Outdoor Context
Grouse are wild birds, so discuss them in the context of nature, like hunting or bird watching.
She photographed a grouse in its natural habitat.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Domestic
Unlike chickens, grouse aren't farm birds and aren't typically domesticated.
Farmers don't raise grouses like they do with other poultry.
Pro Tip 3/3Hunting Season
Grouse hunting has specific seasons; consider this when talking about grouse in a yearly context.
Grouse season starts in the fall.
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Video examples
Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
shooting estates starting up people rearing plenty of grouse plenty of pheasants and of course again while cats were destroyed along with a lot of other predatory mammals so what you then saw was what was left of the wildcats that had been annihilated were hanging on to western scotland that's where the last wild cats were left
Video examples
The four fish we're...
you'll see snipe, woodcock, grouse, dozens of ducks, dozens of geese. But telescope ahead to the age of modern animal husbandry, and you'll see turkeys, ducks, chicken and geese. So it makes sense that we've headed in this direction. But how have we headed in this direction? Well
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The Real-Life MacGyver...
photography has you fired up check out the show notes we have plenty of photos of arctic wolves the sage grouse as captured by the funky bird train and a super slo-mo of cheetah running at top speed you gotta check this out it's crazy also for world oceans day learn more
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Safari Live - Day 292 PIPE...
heavy fires in different areas are high because too much red grouse grasses and too much grasses then becomes a lot of fuel which will then facilitate a lot of fires during the fire season so it's good to have raised but rains at the
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The case to infect...
to ensure that and we accept those things it's not ideal but there is no other way to generate vaccines and I would apply the same to Jones grouse much of the medical establishment is passionately wedded to the to this sort
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
to find animals in the desert what do you do you look for water because it's a magnet the Springbok are coming to drink at a very small waterhole that we found and at that same spot these sand grouse
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Game Calling PIPE Yukon...
game from spruce grouse to deer and Neil and his crew can't go another day without meat for the raft try to have fresh protein all the time it's important part of my diet I'm on the
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Sophisticated Mountain...
the snow buntings name reflects the kind of weather that often adorns this landscape and red grouse keep them company however by diverting your attention from
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Grouse Chicks Die from...
need to cancel the August grouse shoot it's a serious concern as many livelihoods are tied into the shooting season the shoots my responsibility so it's you
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Animals Fight For Mates...
showing off as a way of winning a power struggle can be seen in black grouse a
Video examples
Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
shooting estates starting up people rearing plenty of grouse plenty of pheasants and of course again while cats were destroyed along with a lot of other predatory mammals so what you then saw was what was left of the wildcats that had been annihilated were hanging on to western scotland that's where the last wild cats were left
Video examples
The four fish we're...
you'll see snipe, woodcock, grouse, dozens of ducks, dozens of geese. But telescope ahead to the age of modern animal husbandry, and you'll see turkeys, ducks, chicken and geese. So it makes sense that we've headed in this direction. But how have we headed in this direction? Well
Video examples
The Real-Life MacGyver...
photography has you fired up check out the show notes we have plenty of photos of arctic wolves the sage grouse as captured by the funky bird train and a super slo-mo of cheetah running at top speed you gotta check this out it's crazy also for world oceans day learn more
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 292 PIPE...
heavy fires in different areas are high because too much red grouse grasses and too much grasses then becomes a lot of fuel which will then facilitate a lot of fires during the fire season so it's good to have raised but rains at the
Video examples
The case to infect...
to ensure that and we accept those things it's not ideal but there is no other way to generate vaccines and I would apply the same to Jones grouse much of the medical establishment is passionately wedded to the to this sort
Video examples
Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
to find animals in the desert what do you do you look for water because it's a magnet the Springbok are coming to drink at a very small waterhole that we found and at that same spot these sand grouse
Video examples
Game Calling PIPE Yukon...
game from spruce grouse to deer and Neil and his crew can't go another day without meat for the raft try to have fresh protein all the time it's important part of my diet I'm on the
Video examples
Sophisticated Mountain...
the snow buntings name reflects the kind of weather that often adorns this landscape and red grouse keep them company however by diverting your attention from
Video examples
Grouse Chicks Die from...
need to cancel the August grouse shoot it's a serious concern as many livelihoods are tied into the shooting season the shoots my responsibility so it's you
Video examples
Animals Fight For Mates...
showing off as a way of winning a power struggle can be seen in black grouse a
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Quote examples
John James Audubon
American Scientist
The gay bunting erects his white crest, and gives utterance to the joy he feels in the presence of his brooding mate; the willow grouse on the rock crows his challenge aloud; each floweret, chilled by the night air, expands its pure petals; the gentle breeze shakes from the blades of grass the heavy dewdrops.
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Larry Wilmore
American Comedian
I'm not going to grouse and complain when there's nothing I can do about it. Once you've broken up with somebody, arguing with them is not going to bring them back. You may want to stop their Twitter account or call them up late at night, but they made the decision to leave.
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Nicholas Soames
British Politician
As millions of people know, one of the great pleasures of walking in areas of the uplands managed for grouse is to see and hear large numbers of curlew, lapwing and golden plover - all ground-nesting birds largely absent or in rapidly declining numbers elsewhere.
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Jim Harrison
American Writer
I work every morning, all morning, sometimes in the afternoons. Then sometimes I hunt in the afternoons - quail, doves, grouse up north - but just to stay alive, because writers die from their lifestyle but also from their lack of movement.
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Robert Zemeckis
American Director
It's the most unrealistic thing you can do to shoot a close-up, and it's the most unrealistic place you can be as a performer. And yet actors grouse about having to do visual effect shots, but they love doing close-ups.
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Nicholas Soames
British Politician
I never thought I would hear Labour and Scottish Nationalist ministers in both Westminster and Holyrood publicly recognise the environmental benefits of good grouse moor management.
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Nicholas Soames
British Politician
Game-keepers on grouse moors control common predators such as foxes and crows and this gives wading birds a much greater chance of breeding successfully.
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Jon Meacham
American Editor
One of the central memories of my childhood is of hunting - not well; I am a terrible shot - quail and dove and grouse on a farm on the Tennessee River.
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Jason Chaffetz
American Politician
The only good place for a sage grouse to be listed is on the menu of a French bistro. It does not deserve federal protection, period.
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Melissa Leo
American Actress
I'm a very lucky girl who gets to act for a living! So why sit around griping and grousing about what's not there.
Quote examples
John James Audubon
American Scientist
The gay bunting erects his white crest, and gives utterance to the joy he feels in the presence of his brooding mate; the willow grouse on the rock crows his challenge aloud; each floweret, chilled by the night air, expands its pure petals; the gentle breeze shakes from the blades of grass the heavy dewdrops.
Quote examples
Larry Wilmore
American Comedian
I'm not going to grouse and complain when there's nothing I can do about it. Once you've broken up with somebody, arguing with them is not going to bring them back. You may want to stop their Twitter account or call them up late at night, but they made the decision to leave.
Quote examples
Nicholas Soames
British Politician
As millions of people know, one of the great pleasures of walking in areas of the uplands managed for grouse is to see and hear large numbers of curlew, lapwing and golden plover - all ground-nesting birds largely absent or in rapidly declining numbers elsewhere.
Quote examples
Jim Harrison
American Writer
I work every morning, all morning, sometimes in the afternoons. Then sometimes I hunt in the afternoons - quail, doves, grouse up north - but just to stay alive, because writers die from their lifestyle but also from their lack of movement.
Quote examples
Robert Zemeckis
American Director
It's the most unrealistic thing you can do to shoot a close-up, and it's the most unrealistic place you can be as a performer. And yet actors grouse about having to do visual effect shots, but they love doing close-ups.
Quote examples
Nicholas Soames
British Politician
I never thought I would hear Labour and Scottish Nationalist ministers in both Westminster and Holyrood publicly recognise the environmental benefits of good grouse moor management.
Quote examples
Nicholas Soames
British Politician
Game-keepers on grouse moors control common predators such as foxes and crows and this gives wading birds a much greater chance of breeding successfully.
Quote examples
Jon Meacham
American Editor
One of the central memories of my childhood is of hunting - not well; I am a terrible shot - quail and dove and grouse on a farm on the Tennessee River.
Quote examples
Jason Chaffetz
American Politician
The only good place for a sage grouse to be listed is on the menu of a French bistro. It does not deserve federal protection, period.
Quote examples
Melissa Leo
American Actress
I'm a very lucky girl who gets to act for a living! So why sit around griping and grousing about what's not there.
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