gripe

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Aside from this, another gripe is the notion that the body count is tied specifically to the idea of the six conspirators.

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  1. intransitive verb Informal To complain naggingly or petulantly; grumble.
  2. intransitive verb To have sharp pains in the bowels.
  3. transitive verb Informal To irritate; annoy: Her petty complaints really gripe me.
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  • Aside from this, another gripe is the notion that the body count is tied specifically to the idea of the six conspirators. —  Fatally Yours
  • If your gripe is about superficial things like specialized shopping, the weather (I think it snows in every city in the country that is at 4200 feet .... trust me) and REAL ESTATE .... you're not comparing prices.
  • SHOCKERSPAZ the app has promise, my gripe is there seem to be some bugs in the workflow that render this app completely useless. —  MacUpdate - Mac OS X
  • Another gripe is the menu system, which takes what feels like an eternity to scroll through; it makes getting to settings like XV Colour and recording quality an awful chore. —  CNET Australia
  • With regards pointing fingers, I think the main gripe is the use of words in such an important and far-reaching email, note that it was sent to the school community. —  www.hardwarezone.com.sg
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  1. Middle English gripen, to seize, from Old English grīpan.

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  1. from Middle English gripen (preterit grop, grap, grep, plural gripen, grepen, past participle gripen), from Anglo-Saxon grīpan (preterit grāp, plural gripon, past participle gripen) = Old Saxon grīpan = OFries. grīpa = Dutch grijpen = Middle Low German gripen = Old High German grīfan, Middle High German grīfen, German greifen = Icelandic grīpa = Swedish gripa = Danish gribe = Gothic (Moesogothic) greipan, gripe, seize. Hence grip, gripple, and ult. grope, grasp, and perhaps grab; also French gripper, seize (of Low German or Scandinavian origin), griffe. a claw, talon (of HG. origin): see griff, griffe.
  2. from gripe, v. Cf. grip, n., with which gripe was formerly partly merged (cf. the variant greepe in quot. under def. 7).
  3. See grip.
  4. from Middle English gripe, grip, grype, gryp (the alleged Anglo-Saxon *grīpe not found) = Dutch grijp = Middle Low German grīp = Old High German grīf, grīfo, Middle High German grīfe, German greif, a griffin (cf. Dutch grijpvogel, vogel-griip, Low German vogel-grip, a vulture, German greifgeier, a condor), = Icelandic gripr = Swedish grip, a vulture, = Danish grib, a vulture, a griffin; derived (the Middle English and perhaps other Teutonic forms through Old French grip) from Late Latin gryphus, Middle Latin also griphus, grifus, etc., a griffin, vulture: see griffin.
 

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