gripe
noun/ɡraɪp/
/ɡraɪp/
(informal)- a complaint about something
- My only gripe about the hotel was the food.
- The main gripe has to be the lack of space for luggage.
Word OriginOld English grīpan ‘grasp, clutch’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grijpen, German greifen ‘seize’, also to grip and grope. The current usage, of US origin, dates from the 1930s.Want to learn more?
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