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\ ˈgrīp 
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\griped; griping
Definition of gripe
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : to complain with grumbling
Students griped about having too much homework.
2 : to experience gripes
gripe
nounDefinition of gripe (Entry 2 of 2)
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Synonyms for gripe
Synonyms: Verb
- aggravate,
- annoy,
- bother,
- bug,
- burn (up),
- chafe,
- eat,
- exasperate,
- frost,
- gall,
- get,
- grate,
- hack (off),
- irk,
- irritate,
- itch,
- nark
- [British],
- nettle,
- peeve,
- persecute,
- pique,
- put out,
- rasp,
- rile,
- ruffle,
- spite,
- vex
Synonyms: Noun
- beef,
- bitch,
- bleat,
- carp,
- complaint,
- fuss,
- grievance,
- grouch,
- grouse,
- grumble,
- holler,
- kvetch,
- lament,
- miserere,
- moan,
- murmur,
- plaint,
- squawk,
- wail,
- whimper,
- whine,
- whinge
- [British],
- yammer
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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Recent Examples on the Web: Verb The typical retort when taxpayers gripe about taxation is to point out the services rendered in exchange.
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Kristen Mcqueary, chicagotribune.com, "Column: Twitter exchange with Cook County assessor sums up outrage and exodus: Tax hikes are paying for debt, not services.," 2 Dec. 2019 Morgan was more Cousins than not on that play but, unlike Cousins, Morgan’s wide receivers don’t gripe about him.
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Bob Sansevere, Twin Cities, "Bob Sansevere: Gophers’ run game allows QB Tanner Morgan to survive an off day," 5 Oct. 2019 Customers have taken to social media for months to gripe about the cooking method.
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Sarah Min, CBS News, "Vegan sues Burger King, claims Impossible Whoppers "contaminated"," 18 Nov. 2019 Ordinary Thais, meanwhile, gripe about the traffic jams caused when the streets are cleared to make way for royal motorcades.
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The Economist, "Thailand’s army chief sees a commie conspiracy to topple the king," 19 Oct. 2019 Those watching from home grumble most about the where, while those who want to attend home games gripe about the when.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, "Aztecs fans shouldn’t expect Mountain West’s upcoming TV deal to solve viewing issues," 28 Sep. 2019 Bicker about the tidying-up or gripe about Dad’s loud sneeze?
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Ivan Brett, New York Times, "5 Games to Help Make Your Vacation Great," 23 July 2019 Granted, in a pre-internet age, fans had less of a platform to gripe, but unlike some of the more abrupt recent transitions, such as depicting Thor as a woman, Storm’s progression seemed wholly organic.
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Oliver Staley, Quartz, "Storm is comics’ overlooked groundbreaking superhero," 11 Sep. 2019 At the town hall event, about 200 people on filled a second-floor meeting room at Lynx Central Station in downtown Orlando to offer suggestion or gripe about roads, buses and trains.
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Stephen Hudak, orlandosentinel.com, "Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings stumps for penny sales tax for transportation," 22 Aug. 2019 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun If marijuana consumers have their gripes, so too do marijuana operators, who grumble in private about the commission’s long lag for inspections, and publicly about backups at the state’s only two cannabis testing labs.
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BostonGlobe.com, "Still, frustrations and challenges remain.," 20 Nov. 2019 Their gripes mirror those of Amazon’s employees, including that their companies provide technology to the oil industry.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, "‘Middle of the herd’ no more: Amazon tackles climate change," 19 Sep. 2019 The biggest gripe against Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge has been a lack of things to do.
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Scott Craven, azcentral, "Rise of the Resistance: Why the ride is opening at Disney World first, not Disneyland," 4 Dec. 2019 The most common gripes are that, as the population swells, cities become congested and homes become unaffordable.
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The Economist, "Skilled migrantsHow migration makes the world brainier," 14 Nov. 2019 Most of their gripes centered around wine or liquor bottles being left in the bushes, people making noises or cars driving in late at night and screeching their ties, Fay said.
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Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, "Orinda grieves over Halloween shooting, councilman calls for ban on Airbnb rentals," 2 Nov. 2019 The gripes are not just about having to dodge red-suited Joker fans during commute hours, though that would be enough.
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Wired, "‘Joker Stairs’ and the Problem With Meme Tourism," 24 Oct. 2019 Where our gripe begins: After the Chargers fumbled a punt, the Broncos (up 14-3) started at the Chargers’ 21.
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Ryan O’halloran, The Denver Post, "Broncos Mailbag: Why can’t offense stay aggressive and build on a lead instead of losing it?," 3 Dec. 2019 Their latest gripe is Google’s work for immigration enforcement.
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The Economist, "Business this week," 30 Nov. 2019
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More Definitions for gripe
gripe
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of gripe
informal : to complain about something
See the full definition for gripe in the English Language Learners Dictionary
gripe
verb\ ˈgrīp \
\griped; griping
Kids Definition of gripe
(Entry 1 of 2)
: complain
gripe
nounKids Definition of gripe (Entry 2 of 2)
gripe
verb\ ˈgrīp \
\griped; griping
Medical Definition of gripe
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to cause pinching and spasmodic pain in the bowels of
: to experience gripes
gripe
nounMedical Definition of gripe (Entry 2 of 2)
: a pinching spasmodic intestinal pain
—usually used in plural
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