griping

English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aɪpɪŋ

Verb

griping

  1. present participle and gerund of gripe

Noun

griping (plural gripings)

  1. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; gripe.
    • 1824, John Mason Good, The study of medicine: with a physiological system of nosology:
      The gripings are always severe, and a sort of painful descent of the bowels accompanies every evacuation.
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