/ graɪp; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
( informal ) a complaint about sth :
My only gripe about the hotel was the food.
■ verb
[ v ] gripe (about sb/sth) ( informal ) to complain about sb/sth in an annoying way :
He's always griping about the people at work.
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English grīpan grasp, clutch , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grijpen , German greifen seize, also to grip and grope . The current usage, of US origin, dates from the 1930s.