griped; griping
1
: to complain with grumbling
Students griped about having too much homework.
2
: to experience gripes
2
: to cause pinching and spasmodic pain in the bowels of
griper
noun
Synonyms
Examples of gripe in a Sentence
Verb
All of the workers were griping about the new regulations.
The students griped that they had too much homework.
Noun
I would rather not listen to gripes about your latest disasters in the dating game.
Recent Examples on the Web
Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 27 June 2024
Passengers took to social media recently to gripe about going through long lines at checkpoints for the Transportation Security Administration at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2024
PCMAG, 29 June 2024
The wrangling went on so long—with gripes about whether Trump could carry his own golf bag or just how far Biden could hit a drive—that even Trump got tired of it.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
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Verb
Some customers griped about the outage on social media, calling on their carriers to restore service for them while away from their home countries.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 27 June 2024
Passengers took to social media recently to gripe about going through long lines at checkpoints for the Transportation Security Administration at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2024
Noun
As for gripes, a tilting screen would be a useful addition.
—PCMAG, 29 June 2024
The wrangling went on so long—with gripes about whether Trump could carry his own golf bag or just how far Biden could hit a drive—that even Trump got tired of it.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
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“Gripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gripe. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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gripe
1 of 2 verb
griped; griping
1
archaic
: to seize firmly : grip
2
b
: irritate sense 1, vex
laziness gripes our teacher
3
: to cause or experience spasms of pain in the intestines
4
griper
noun
gripe
2 of 2 noun2
3
: a spasm of pain in the intestines
Medical Definition
gripe
1 of 2 verb
griped; griping
: to cause pinching and spasmodic pain in the bowels of
: to experience gripes
gripe
2 of 2 noun
: a pinching spasmodic intestinal pain
—usually used in plural
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