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Definition of gripe verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

gripe

verb

NAmE//ɡraɪp//

[intransitive] gripe (about somebody/something) (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they gripe

he / she / it gripes

past simple griped

-ing form griping

to complain about someone or something in an annoying way He's always griping about the people at work.

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