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
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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.
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Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
Beyond some individual player gripes, there is a ton of uncertainty about where this program is going.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2025
Online, conservatives and liberals alike have expressed reactions ranging from indifference to schadenfreude over Thompson's murder, citing their gripe with the U.S. healthcare system and the companies, like UnitedHealth, that have denied their medical claims in the past.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Verb
The president-elect, who will be sworn in later this month, has also griped about flags being half-staff during his inauguration because of the 30-day mourning period for Carter.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
Beyond some individual player gripes, there is a ton of uncertainty about where this program is going.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
Carti’s tendency to shroud himself in mystery is both the key to his allure and his audience’s biggest gripe.
—Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2025
Online, conservatives and liberals alike have expressed reactions ranging from indifference to schadenfreude over Thompson's murder, citing their gripe with the U.S. healthcare system and the companies, like UnitedHealth, that have denied their medical claims in the past.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Gripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gripe. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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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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