gripe

Noun

1. informal terms for objecting; “I have a gripe about the service here”
   • Synonyms
     • kick
     • beef
     • bitch
     • squawk
   • Less specific
     • objection
   • Related
     • gripe
     • bitch
     • grouse
     • crab
     • beef
     • squawk
     • bellyache
     • holler
     • bitchy
     • catty
     • cattish
     • backbite
     • bitch
     • gripe
     • bitch
     • grouse
     • crab
     • beef
     • squawk
     • bellyache
     • holler
     • complain
     • kick
     • plain
     • sound off
     • quetch
     • kvetch
     • gripe
     • bitch
     • grouse
     • crab
     • beef
     • squawk
     • bellyache
     • holler

Verb

1. complain; “What was he hollering about?”
   • Synonyms
     • bitch
     • grouse
     • crab
     • beef
     • squawk
     • bellyache
     • holler
   • Less specific
     • complain
     • kick
     • plain
     • sound off
     • quetch
     • kvetch
   • Related
     • whiner
     • complainer
     • moaner
     • sniveller
     • crybaby
     • bellyacher
     • grumbler
     • squawker
     • gripe
     • kick
     • beef
     • bitch
     • squawk
     • whiner
     • complainer
     • moaner
     • sniveller
     • crybaby
     • bellyacher
     • grumbler
     • squawker
     • gripe
     • kick
     • beef
     • bitch
     • squawk
     • crab
     • crabby person
     • gripe
     • kick
     • beef
     • bitch
     • squawk

From LookUp: Verb

1. Informal [no object] complain about something in a persistent, irritating way “Holidays don't make any difference to Simon,” Pat griped | they gripe about the busywork

2. Archaic [with object] grasp tightly; clutch Hilyard griped his dagger

3. Nautical [with object] secure (a boat) with gripes.

4. Nautical [no object] (of a ship) turn to face the wind in spite of the helm.

Noun

1. Informal a minor complaint his biggest gripe is that he has lost his sense of privacy

2. Medicine usually "gripes" gastric or intestinal pain; colic if your baby has gripe or is teething, we have the medication to help them

3. Archaic an act of grasping something tightly he seized me by the arms with a rude gripe

4. Nautical "gripes" lashings securing a boat in its place on deck or in davits.