grouses
Mutters unhappy protests
Grouses is the plural of grouse in both senses.
A grouse is a plump game bird with feathered legs, found in moorlands and forests: We spotted several grouses on the Scottish heath.
Grouse also means to complain or grumble, and grouses works as either the plural noun or third-person verb: His grouses about the food never stopped, She grouses about everything.
moans
Low sounds of distress
- whinesComplains in high-pitched tones
- gripingVoicing persistent complaints
- muttersSpeaks indistinctly, softly
carps · nags · bellyaches · fussing · nitpicking · beefs · kvetching · whinges · protests · quibbles
ptarmigan
Arctic ground bird
moorland · shooting · plumage · feathers · drumming · brood · chicks · camouflage · flush · upland
- grouse huntingPursuing wild fowl afield