gripe

1. (informal, intransitive)To complain; to whine.

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   complain

2. (informal, transitive)To annoy or bother.

   What's griping you?

3. To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.

4. (intransitive)To suffer griping pains.

5. (obsolete, transitive)To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.

6. (intransitive, obsolete)To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).

7. (archaic, transitive)To seize or grasp.

1. Mary had a few friends over for lunch and they spent most of the time griping about their husbands.

   deMaria hat ein paar Freundinnen zum Mittagessen eingeladen, und es wurde fast die ganze Zeit über die Ehemänner hergezogen.

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2. He never stops griping about something.

   deEr hört nie auf, sich über irgendetwas zu beklagen.

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3. She's got a gripe about it.

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4. He had compiled his gripes into a bulleted list.

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5. It is high time we aired some of our gripes.

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