transcription, транскрипция: [ graɪp ]
( gripes, griping, griped)
1.
If you say that someone is griping , you mean they are annoying you because they keep on complaining about something. ( INFORMAL )
Why are football players griping when the average salary is half a million dollars?...
They were always griping about high prices.
= grumble, whinge
VERB : V , V about n [ disapproval ]
• grip‧ing
Still, the griping went on.
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2.
A gripe is a complaint about something. ( INFORMAL )
My only gripe is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable.
= grumble, whinge
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