begrouch

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verb

To grouch over; complain about

Scrabble 16
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Meanings

verbbegrouch (third-person singular simple present begrouches, present participle begrouching, simple past and past participle begrouched)

present singular third person begrouches · participle present begrouching · participle past begrouched · past begrouched

  1. datedtransitiveTo grouch over; complain about

    But who will begrouch plain foods for invalid annimmel? Nobody perhaps.

    1916, Good Housekeeping, volume 63, page 154

Origin

From be- (“at, about, over”) + grouch. Doublet of begrudge.

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APA

begrouch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begrouch

MLA

“begrouch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begrouch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “begrouch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begrouch.

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