Learner’s Word of the Day |
grumble |
Inflected forms: grumbles; grumbled; grumbling
1 : to complain quietly about something : to talk in an unhappy way
[no object] • There’s been a lot of grumbling among the employees.
• Some of the customers have been grumbling about poor service.
• Fans grumbled about the team’s poor play.
[with object] • “When are we going to leave?” he grumbled.
2 [no object] : to make a low, heavy sound : rumble
• His stomach was grumbling.
• We could hear thunder grumbling in the distance.
— grumble noun
plural grumbles [count]
• We could hear the grumble of thunder in the distance.
— grumbler /ˈgrʌmbəlɚ/ noun
plural grumblers [count]
• He tries to ignore the grumblers and just do his job.
— grumbling noun
plural grumblings [count, noncount]
• Your grumbling needs to stop.
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