(~s, griping, ~d)
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?
...griping about high prices.
= grumble, whinge
VERB: V, V about n disapproval
griping
Still, the griping went on.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
A ~ is a complaint about something. (INFORMAL)
My only ~ is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable.
= grumble, whinge
N-COUNT