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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A cranky complaining person.
  2. n. A fit of ill temper. Often used in the plural with the.
  3. v. To mutter complaints.
  4. v. To behave in a grumpy manner.

Wiktionary

  1. n. a habitually grumpy or complaining person
  2. v. to complain
  3. v. to be grumpy

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a bad-tempered person

Etymologies

  1. Origin unknown.

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‘grump’ has been looked up 895 times, added to 6 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 10.