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grugru
  • n  tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts
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grugru palm
  • n  tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts
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gruiformes
  • n  inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards
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grumble
  • n  a loud low dull continuous noise
  • n  a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
  • v  show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
    We grumbled about the increased work load
  • v  make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
    she grumbles when she feels overworked
  • v  to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
    he grumbled a rude response
    Stones grumbled down the cliff
  • v  make a low noise
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grumbler
  • n  a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
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grume
  • n  a thick viscous liquid
  • n  a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells
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grummet
  • n  fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
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grunt
  • n  the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
  • n  an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
    infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts
    he went from grunt to chairman in six years
  • n  medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
  • v  issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise
    He grunted his reluctant approval
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