0 past simple and past participle of groan --
1 to make a deep, long sound showing great pain or unhappiness: --
She's always moaning and groaning (= complaining a lot) about the weather.
[ + speech ] "Not again," he groaned (= said in a low unhappy voice).
Zak mumbled, grumbled, groaned, and made a yucky face again.
The audience usually groaned or booed when a contestant or celebrity gave a bad answer, whereas they cheered and applauded in approval of a good answer.
Peace, who had groaned and moaned and constantly interrupted the proceedings, protested his innocence, and complained that his witnesses had not been called.
The three-floor structure was framed with large wooden posts and beams, supporting massive floor planks which creaked and groaned underfoot.
The tree never groaned again, and eventually the tree was deliberately uprooted, but nothing unusual was found.
He shook dreadfully for a time, and groaned while flailing about.
I groaned quite a few times during this episode.
At other times he moaned and groaned and protested against the injustice with which he was being treated.
