different between grotch vs grutch

English

Etymology

Coined by Dean A. Grennell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????t?/
• enPR: gräch
• Rhymes: -?t?

Verb

grotch (third-person singular simple present grotches, present participle grotching, simple past and past participle grotched)

1. (dated, fandom slang) To annoy; to irritate.
2. (dated, fandom slang) To complain.
   • The Seagates are,despite my constant grotching about commodity drives, not bad.

   • The problem is that, much as we may sympathise with those coming in and expecting different rules of discourse than obtain here, we are not obligated to change *our* ways to suit *them*, and people who don't perceive that fact fairly quickly (or fail to "get" it after the first time it's pointed out) and continue to grotch about how "You kids are playing wrong -- play right!" are Fair Game for sardonic replies.

Synonyms

• (annoy): see Thesaurus:annoy
• (complain): see Thesaurus:complain

Derived terms

• grotchy

References

English

Alternative forms

• gruch

Etymology

The verb is from Middle English grucchen (attested since c. 1200), from Old French grouchier (“to grumble”), of unknown origin, perhaps from Germanic, and likely of onomatopoeic origin. The noun is from Middle English grucche, from the verb; it is attested since about 1400. See also grudge, grouch, grouse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t?/

Verb

grutch (third-person singular simple present grutches, present participle grutching, simple past and past participle grutched)

1. (intransitive) To murmur, complain.
2. (obsolete) To grudge.

Noun

grutch (plural grutches)

1. A complaint.

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