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- verb   Present participle of gripe .
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- 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