as in crab
an irritable and complaining person
had the misfortune of waiting on a table full of grousers, who sent her back to the kitchen constantly and then refused to tip her
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Noun
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In fact, Native Americans have been mixing crab with cornmeal for centuries.—
Karla Walsh,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026 -
Whale falls, which occur when a whale carcass sinks to the ocean floor, create temporary ecosystems that feed octopuses, sharks, crabs, microorganisms and more.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The adaptable creatures thrive in urban and rural environments, and their range has expanded dramatically since 1900 — unlike other North American apex predators like wolves and bears, creatures with which humans have also struggled to share space with.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
17 Feb. 2026
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The film follows a bear and his platypus assistant who are travelling through the galaxy in a spacecraft that looks like a dumpster.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Early locations had a giant clown head popping out of a square box on the roof, based on children’s jack-in-the-box toys, music boxes with cranks that, when turned, cause figures to pop out of their lids.—
Fielding Buck,
Oc Register,
16 Feb. 2026
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But as with the dismantling of huge swaths of our research capacity, this refusal to even consider this mRNA flu vaccine on what are obviously ideological grounds is going to affect a hell of a lot more people than just the cranks who agree with them.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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If family needs cause drama, set kind boundaries and explain them to any complainers.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
2 Jan. 2026
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The faculty experience has been that administrations often side with the complainers.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Grouser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grouser. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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