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grum·ble Listen to audio/ˈgrʌmbəl/ verb
grum·bles; grum·bled; grum·bling
1 : to complain quietly about something : to talk in an unhappy way [no obj] There's been a lot of grumbling among the employees. Some of the customers have been grumbling about poor service. Fans grumbled about the team's poor play. [+ obj] When are we going to leave? he grumbled.
2 [no obj] : to make a low, heavy sound : rumble
His stomach was grumbling. We could hear thunder grumbling in the distance.
— grumble noun, plural grumbles [count]
We could hear the grumble of thunder in the distance.
— grum·bler Listen to audio /ˈgrʌmbəlɚ/ noun, plural grum·blers [count]
He tries to ignore the grumblers and just do his job.
— grum·bling noun, plural grum·blings [count, noncount]
Your grumbling needs to stop.

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