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GRIPE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
I have a gripe about the service here
Synonyms:
beef; bitch; gripe; kick; squawk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("gripe" is a kind of...):
objection (the speech act of objecting)
Derivation:
gripe (complain)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they gripe ... he / she / it gripes
Past simple: griped
-ing form: griping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
What was he hollering about?
Synonyms:
beef; bellyache; bitch; crab; gripe; grouse; holler; squawk
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "gripe" is one way to...):
complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Derivation:
gripe (informal terms for objecting)