gripe
A complaint, often a petty or trivial oneA complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
» Mary had a few friends over for lunch and they spent most of the time griping about their husbands.
Maria hat ein paar Freundinnen zum Mittagessen eingeladen, und es wurde fast die ganze Zeit über die Ehemänner hergezogen.
Meaning
7 sensesA complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
жа́лобаžáloba
A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
(dated)A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
зажи́мzažím, тиски́tiskí
(in the plural)Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
резьrezʹ, ко́ликиkóliki
(obsolete)Grasp; clutch; grip.
схва́тываниеsxvátyvanije
(obsolete)That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.
the gripe of a sword
Griff
(obsolete)Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.
the gripe of poverty
- informal terms for objecting
Examples
8 sentencesMary 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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He never stops griping about something.
deEr hört nie auf, sich über irgendetwas zu beklagen. — Yorwba
She's got a gripe about it.
He had compiled his gripes into a bulleted list.
It is high time we aired some of our gripes.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from PrFrom Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Norwegian Bokmål gripe, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish gripa, Icelandic grípa. See also grip, grope.
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