noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; gripe.

   "The gripings are always severe, and a sort of painful descent of the bowels accompanies every evacuation."

2. 2
   acute abdominal pain (especially in infants) wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of gripe form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

acuteagonizingatrociousbeefbeefingbellyache

Example

More examples

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

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