[ UK /ɡɹˈa‍ɪp/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɹaɪp/ ]
VERB
  1. complain
    What was he hollering about?
NOUN
  1. informal terms for objecting
    I have a gripe about the service here
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How To Use gripe In A Sentence

  • Destiny's Wild even went so far as to gripe that Neapolitan had stolen their idea of singing the song a Capella, which is hardly a novel concept. IGN TV
  • Your pharmacist can advise you on simple medicines and/or gripe water that will help prevent colic.
  • And their chief gripe about the town? Times, Sunday Times
  • Social media was flooded with jokes and gripes about it. The Sun
  • Though the Hives open themselves up to style-over-substance gripes, there is real feeling amidst their artifice and formalism.
  • Whatever it is that day, we make our gripes, put his "progressiveness" in meanie scare quotes, or maybe even go all the way with "so-called progressive. Josh Mull: What's worse: Steele's Afghanistan comments or the reaction?
  • Only Republicans can sit and gripe, whine, and snivel over the results of the last election, committing themselves to "no progress on anything". DeMint: Obama 'distracted' from protecting the country
  • His avatar is of the old, cranky black guy who continually gripes about his fellow "darkies" and "negras" acting all like animals and stuff. Obama On The Britney Ad: They're Painting Me As "Risky"
  • One gripe is skintight clothes disrupt the signal - so avoid Lycra. The Sun
  • The other main gripe of the research posse is the tendency of IT suppliers to over-egg the pudding.
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