verb
- to complain persistently or irritably
- to cause sharp stomach pain
Usage: informal
noun
- a complaint or grievance
Usage: informal
Examples
- Students always gripe about the cafeteria food.
- Stop griping and help us solve the problem.
- His main gripe was the long wait times.
- She had several gripes about the new policy.
- The spoiled milk griped his stomach.
- Rich foods tend to gripe some people.
- The medicine griped her badly.