Usually means: Express discomfort or annoyance audibly.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. groan: Merriam-Webster
  2. groan: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. groan: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. groan: Collins English Dictionary
  5. groan: Vocabulary.com
  6. Groan, groan: Wordnik
  7. groan: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. groan: Wiktionary
  9. groan: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. groan: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. groan: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Groan, Groan, groan: Dictionary.com
  13. groan: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. groan: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Groan (disambiguation), Groan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Groan: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. groan: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. groan: Rhymezone
  19. groan: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. groan: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. groan: FreeDictionary.org
  22. groan: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. groan: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. groan: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. GROAN: Acronym Finder
  2. groan: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Groan: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See groaned as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
noun:  A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration, disapproval, or ecstasy.
noun:  (of an object) A low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight.
verb:  To make a groan.
verb:  (figurative) To seemingly creak under the strain of being heavily laden.
verb:  (obsolete) To strive after earnestly, as if with groans.

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