What does grouse mean in slang?
What does grouse mean in slang?
very good
Grouse means very good. A lot of Australian slang is inspired by beach and surf culture.
Where does slang grouse come from?
First recorded in 1924, the Australian word grouse may not be so popular today, but it is included on the urbandictionary website as Australian slang, primarily in use in Melbourne. According to the ABC’s online Word Map, however, grouse meaning ‘excellent’ is in use all over Australia.
Why is complaining called grousing?
Etymology 2 The origin of the verb is uncertain; it is possibly borrowed from Norman groucier, from Old French groucier, grousser (“to grumble, murmur”) [and other forms] (whence grutch (“to complain; to murmur”) and grouch).
How do you use grouse in a sentence?
- They went grouse shooting up on the moors.
- They’re shooting grouse up on the moors.
- His main grouse is that he isn’t paid enough.
- Grouse will soon be in season again.
- The party had been to the grouse moors that morning.
- He is a member of a grouse shoot.
- I haven’t really got much to grouse about.
Why do Australians say spunk?
A sexually attractive person. Australians also use the meanings for this term that exist in standard English: 1 courage and determination. 2 semen. But in Australia spunk is most commonly used to refer to a person of either sex who is regarded as sexually attractive.
What does Gross mean in slang?
slang. extremely objectionable, offensive, or disgusting.
What is the singular of grouse?
grouse Definitions and Synonyms noun countable. UK /ɡraʊs/ grouse verb. singular. grouse.
What does it mean to carp?
to find fault or complain querulously
Definition of carp (Entry 1 of 5) intransitive verb. : to find fault or complain querulously.
What does Manta stand for?
MANTA
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| MANTA | Monitoring and Non-Tidal Assessment (Maryland Department of Natural Resources) |
| MANTA | Mid-Atlantic Narcotics Training Academy (Kure Beach, NC) |
| MANTA | Messaging Architecture for Networked and Threaded Applications (Princeton Satellite Systems) |
| MANTA | Multi Axis No Tail Aircraft |
Do you get grouse in England?
The boisterous ‘famous’ grouse is found on moorland in northern England, Wales, and Scotland, as well as in Ireland… and nowhere else in the world!
What is plural for grouse?
1 grouse /ˈgraʊs/ noun. plural grouse.
