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# grumble

«grumble» in Mova's school dictionary: **To complain in a low, unhappy voice** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (grumble, grumbles, grumbled, grumbling); noun (a grumble, grumbles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To complain in a low, unhappy voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumble/#m1)

2) (noun) A complaint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumble/#m2)

3) (verb) To make a low rumbling sound: «My tummy grumbled», «Thunder grumbled». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumble/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: grumpy characters grumble about everything. In everyday life: children grumble about homework or chores. «Grumbling tummy» = hungry. «Grumble about/at» something.

### examples

- Stop grumbling and tidy your room! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumble/#x1)
- He grumbled about the rain all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumble/#x2)
- My tummy is grumbling — I'm hungry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumble/#x3)
- Thunder grumbled in the distance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumble/#x4)
- Dad had a grumble about the price of petrol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumble/#x5)
- The old man grumbled at the noisy children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumble/#x6)
- The Scarecrow began to grumble a bit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumble/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Noun: grumbler (someone who grumbles). Similar: moan, whinge (UK, Australia), gripe.

### In the corpora

- [Grumbling about a noisy party is easier than knocking, but a knock and a kind word usually fix it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/27/)
- [The Rat chirrups, and up climbs the Otter, shaking himself and grumbling «Greedy beggars!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/1/)
- [His mum suggested half for games and half for saving; he grumbled like a grumpy pirate, but agreed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money/11/)
- [Tank sniffs his hand, grumbles and lies down.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you/20/)
- [Mixed feelings are normal; you can grumble a bit, then say welcome.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/504-a-new-baby/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grumble» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumble/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.