Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - grumble
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Grumble
grumble
~1 v 1 to keep complaining in an unhappy way + about/at etc (The farmers are always grumbling about the weather.) 2 to make a very low sound that gets quieter then louder continuously; rumble1 (1) (Is that your tummy grumbling?) 3 mustn't grumble BrE spoken used to say that you are fairly well or that you have no serious problems ("How are you today?" "Mustn't grumble.") - grumbler n ~2 n 1 something that you feel dissatisfied about and keep complaining about (Take your grumbles to the boss - don't bother me with them.) 2 have a grumble to complain about something
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(grumbles, grumbling, grumbled) 1. If someone grumbles, they complain about something in a bad-tempered way. I shouldn’t grumble about Mum–she’s lovely really... Taft grumbled that the law so favored the criminal that trials seemed like a game of chance... ‘This is inconvenient,’ he grumbled... It’s simply not in her nature to grumble. = moan, whinge VERB: V about/at n, V that, V with quote, V • Grumble is also a noun. My grumble is with the structure and organisation of the material. N-COUNT • grumbling (grumblings) There have been grumblings about the party leader. N-VAR 2. If something grumbles, it makes a low continuous sound. (LITERARY) It was quiet now, the thunder had grumbled away to the west... The dogs made a noise, a rough, grumbling sound. VERB: V adv/prep, V-ing, also V • Grumble is also a noun. One could often hear, far to the east, the grumble of guns. N-SING: usu N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb (~d; grumbling) Etymology: probably from Middle French grommeler, ultimately from Middle Dutch grommen; akin to Old High German grimm grim Date: 1580 intransitive verb 1. to mutter in discontent 2. growl, rumble transitive verb to express with grumbling • ~ noun • ~r noun • grumblingly adverb • grumbly adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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. Derivatives grumbler n. grumbling adj. grumblingly adv. grumbly adj. Etymology: obs. grumme: cf. MDu. grommen, MLG grommelen, f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. ворчание, ропот; жалоба to obey without a grumble —- безропотно подчиниться to have a good old grumble —- давать выход плохому настроению; скандалить he is full of grumbles —- он вечно жалуется 2. дурное настроение to have the grumbles —- быть в дурном настроениии 3. раскаты грома; грохот the grumble of distant thunder —- далекие раскаты грома 4. ворчать, жаловаться to grumble at smth. —- жаловаться на что-либо to grumble at smb. —- ворчать на кого-либо to grumble out an answer —- проворчать в ответ to be always grumbling —- вечно ворчать, быть недовольным you needn't grumble —- тебе нечего жаловаться the troops were grumbling —- войска роптали the soldiers grumbled about the food —- солдаты жаловались на питание what have you to grumble about? —- чем тебе плохо?; чем ты недоволен? 5. грохотать, греметь ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun ворчанье, ропот; pl. дурное настроение 2. v. ворчать, жаловаться (at, about, over - на) Theres no pleasing our teacher, he always grumbles about our work even when weve done our best. Syn: see complain ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1586, from M.Du. grommelen "murmur, mutter, grunt," from grommen "to rumble, growl." Imitative, or perhaps akin to grim. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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