Griping
noun, verb
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 acute abdominal pain (especially in infants) wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of gripe form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Mary had a few friends over for lunch and they spent most of the time griping about their husbands."