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GRIPE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal terms for objecting

Example:

I have a gripe about the service here

Synonyms:

beef; bitch; gripe; kick; squawk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("gripe" is a kind of...):

objection (the speech act of objecting)

Derivation:

gripe (complain)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Complain

Example:

What was he hollering about?

Synonyms:

beef; bellyache; bitch; crab; gripe; grouse; holler; squawk

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "gripe" is one way to...):

complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

gripe (informal terms for objecting)

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