gripe
pronunciation
How to pronounce gripe in British English:
UK [graɪp]
How to pronounce gripe in American English:
US [ɡraɪp]
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- Noun:
- informal terms for objecting
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- Verb:
- complain
Word Origin
- gripe (v.)
- c. 1200, "to clutch, seize firmly," from Old English gripan "grasp at, lay hold, attack, take, seek to get hold of," from Proto-Germanic *gripan (cognates: Old Saxon gripan, Old Norse gripa, Dutch grijpen, Gothic greipan, Old High German grifan, German greifen "to seize"), from PIE root *ghreib- "to grip" (cognates: Lithuanian griebiu "to seize"). Figurative sense of "complain, grouse" is first attested 1932, probably from earlier meaning "produce a gripping pain in the bowels" (c. 1600; compare bellyache). Related: Griped; griping.
- gripe (n.)
- late 14c., "a fast hold, clutch, grasp," from gripe (v.). From c. 1600 as "cramp, pain in the bowels" (earlier of pangs of grief, etc., 1540s). Figurative sense of "a complaint" is by 1934.
Example
- 1. Some people will rejoice , and others will gripe .
- 2. This was my biggest gripe about the sh100 .
- 3. Today , we gripe about it taking an extra few seconds for a text message to go through .
- 4. These days their biggest gripe is about finding the right employees .
- 5. One big gripe remains , especiallyamong foreigners .