grousa.html - n.
(pl. same)
1 any of various game-birds of the family Tetraonidae, with a plump body and feathered legs.
2 the flesh of a grouse used as food. [16th c.: orig. uncert.]

grousa.html - v. & n.
colloq. --v.

intr. grumble or complain pettily.

--n.

a complaint.

grouser n. [19th c.: orig. unkn.]

grousa.html - See: BREAK GROUND, COMMON GROUND, COVER GROUND or COVER THE GROUND, CUT THE GROUND FROM UNDER, EAR TO THE GROUND, FEET ON THE GROUND, GAIN GROUND, GET OFF THE GROUND, GIVE GROUND, HAPPY HUNTING GROUND, HOLD ONE'S GROUND, LOSE GROUND, MIDDLE GROUND, RUN INTO THE GROUND, STAMPING GROUND, STAND ONE'S GROUND, FROM THE GROUND UP.

grousa.html - {n.} A ball batted onto the ground in baseball; a grounder. * /Taylor hit a ground ball to the short-stop./

grousa.html - {n.} 1. First floor of a house or building. * /Mrs. Turner has an apartment on the ground floor./ 2. {informal} The first or best chance, especially in a business. * /That man got rich because he got in on the ground floor of the television business./

grousa.html - {n.} 1. A rule in sports that is made especially for the grounds or place where a game is played. - Usually used in the plural. * /There was such a big crowd at the baseball game, that the ground rules of the field were changed in case a ball went into the crowd./ 2. A rule, usually not written, of what to do or how to act in case certain things happen. - Usually used in the plural. * /When you go to a new school, you don't know tire ground rules of how you are supposed to behave./