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Examples
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I also think a bit of gripeing is healthy and somewhat neccesary to avoiid complacency.
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Sick getting better, my man York Sick with Cholick & gripeing
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791
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Several men Complain of a looseness and gripeing which I contribute to the diet, pounded fish mixed with Salt water, I derect that in future that the party mix the pounded fish with fresh water - The Squar gave me
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791
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Son after an old man and a woman arived the man with Sore eyes, and the woman with a gripeing and rhumatic effections.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791
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Dried pounded fish which is in fact the cause of my disorder at present - The men are generally Complaining of a lax and gripeing - In the evening Joseph Field came in with the Marrow bones of a elk which he killed at 6 miles distant, this welcome news to us.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791
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Stop gripeing, stay home in the burbs and let Batman clean up Gotham City's scum-bags & blowing trash problems.
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Stop gripeing, stay home in the burbs and let Batman clean up Gotham City's scum-bags & blowing trash problems.
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Stop gripeing, stay home in the burbs and let Batman clean up Gotham City's scum-bags & blowing trash problems.
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Stop gripeing, stay home in the burbs and let Batman clean up Gotham City's scum-bags & blowing trash problems.
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Stop gripeing, stay home in the burbs and let Batman clean up Gotham City's scum-bags & blowing trash problems.
GHibbs commented on the word gripeing
gripe Babies can have a 'gripeing pain' when they have 'gripe'. 'Gripeing' in this use is an adjective but it is also a present participle of the verb 'to gripe'.
June 1, 2012
rolig commented on the word gripeing
This is a misspelling. Note that the correct spelling is griping. As a general rule, verbs that end in a silent -e, drop the -e when the ending -ing is added. There are exceptions (the only ones that come to mind are dyeing, to distinguish it from dying, and ageing, though here many prefer aging) – but "gripeing" is not one of them.
June 1, 2012
bilby commented on the word gripeing
Agree with rolmop, by analogy with pipe and piping, it seems griping is preferable as a verb formation from gripe.
June 2, 2012