grumble

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grum|ble /gr'ʌmbəl/ (grumbles grumbling grumbled)
1 [VERB] V about/at n, V that, V with quote, V
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
[N-COUNT]
Grumble is also a noun.
My grumble is with the structure and organisation of the material.
● grumbling [N-VAR]
There have been grumblings about the party leader.
2 [VERB] V adv/prep, V-ing, also V
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.
[N-SING] usu N of n
Grumble is also a noun.
One could often hear, far to the east, the grumble of guns.

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