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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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
As someone who has two children younger than 3, Henrique isn’t griping either.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Jan. 2025
Margie Lopez-Rivera said the group – now more than 7,000 members strong – has been full of similar gripes again this week as she and her daughter have been stuck at home days after another storm.
—Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The Post and the Journal then reported the news of the DOJ inquiry, which was news indeed, but telling the press at that preliminary stage — and right before a national election — was against long-standing policy against politicization of the government.
Isn’t that what Trump gripes about?
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
As someone who has two children younger than 3, Henrique isn’t griping either.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
The companies join the likes of Samsung, Bed Bath & Beyond and another home furniture and goods retailer, OJ Commerce, who have all taken their gripes with ocean carriers to the federal agency in recent years.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Jan. 2025
Margie Lopez-Rivera said the group – now more than 7,000 members strong – has been full of similar gripes again this week as she and her daughter have been stuck at home days after another storm.
—Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Gripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gripe. Accessed 8 Feb. 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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