grume.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 intr. a (often foll. by at, about, over) complain peevishly. b be discontented.
2 intr. a utter a dull inarticulate sound; murmur, growl faintly. b rumble.
3 tr. (often foll. by out) utter complainingly.
4 intr. (as grumbling adj.) colloq. giving intermittent discomfort without causing illness (a grumbling appendix).

--n.

1 a complaint.
2 a a dull inarticulate sound; a murmur. b a rumble.

grumbler n. grumbling adj. grumblingly adv. grumbly adj. [obs. grumme: cf. MDu. grommen, MLG grommelen, f. Gmc]

grume.html - var. of GROMMET.

grume.html - n.
colloq.
1 a grumpy person.
2 (in pl.) a fit of sulks.

grumpish adj. grumpishly adv. [imit.]

grume.html - adj.
(grumpier, grumpiest) morosely irritable; surly.

grumpily adv. grumpiness n.

grume.html - See: NURSE A GRUDGE.

grume.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 the larva of an insect, esp. of a beetle.
2 colloq. food.

--v.

(grubbed, grubbing)
1 tr. & intr. dig superficially.
2 tr. a clear (the ground) of roots and stumps. b clear away (roots etc.).
3 tr. (foll. by up, out) a fetch by digging (grubbing up weeds). b extract (information etc.) by searching in books etc.
4 intr. search, rummage.
5 intr. (foll. by on, along, away) toil, plod.

grub-screw a small headless screw, esp. used to attach a handle etc. to a spindle.

grubber n. (also in comb.). [ME, (v.) perh. corresp. to OE grybban (unrecorded) f. Gmc]