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- verb Present participle of
gripe .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)
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Examples
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I don't know what all the griping is about, this looks intriguing to me: visually cool, hot babes, gun play … I'll be checking this out no question.
Must Watch: Frank Miller's The Spirit Back in Action « FirstShowing.net 2008
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As usual griping is fun, but actions help win! look up your state committee members at www. wsrp.org
Sound Politics: Discontent with Diane Tebelius has reached the critical point 2007
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Before I begin griping, let me first say this: I really wanted to like this movie.
White Noise 2005
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All this griping is not to say that the book did not have some good points.
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C) backstab a lot of the tea-baggers because he does want to keep his job, returning to his fairly liberal Republican roots (hint: he voted for the Massachusetts health care program), and we’ll get to hear quite a bit of moaning and griping from the tea-baggers about this Great Betrayal when they fail to win back a majority in 2010 and 2012.
Matthew Yglesias » Why Coakley Losing Won’t Matter That Much 2010
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There’s just no sense in griping about divided government now.
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Which of course paves the way for post-win griping.
Assessing The Golden Globe Nominations For Best Movie » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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It's great to see something showing gratitude during a time of year when it seems that everyone is wrapped up in griping.
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The Chadwicks had earned a good name in Barchester; they had lived respected by bishops, deans, canons, and precentors; they had been buried in the precincts of the cathedral; they had never been known as griping, hard men, but had always lived comfortably, maintained a good house, and held a high position in Barchester society.
The Warden 2004
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I expect he thought my bowels were griping, which is a common trouble with actors just going on; he did not keep me, and I got away in time.
The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966
hernesheir commented on the word griping
An old heraldry term used when the paws or claws of an animal, or the hands of a person, hold or grasp any thing.
December 7, 2012