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gripe

UK/ɡɹaɪp/ US/ˈɡraɪp/ rare archaic dated informal obsolete
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

informal terms for objecting

  • “I have a gripe about the service here”
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verb

1.

complain

  • “What was he hollering about?”
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Origin

From Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Norwegian Bokmål gripe, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish gripa, Icelandic grípa. See also grip, grope.

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