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GRIPING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)

Synonyms:

colic; gripes; griping; intestinal colic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "griping"):

lead colic; painter's colic (symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb gripe

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