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griping

  • present participle of gripe.

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Griping about a snap election call isn’t unusual here, but it generally fizzles out after a few days.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021

Griping about the subway is a birthright of a native New Yorker.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2021

Griping grew about the daily appearance of turkey schnitzel, the poultry variant of the deep fried national dish of Austria.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2015

Griping about stolen ideas will yield you no sympathy from this writer.

From Forbes • Apr. 3, 2013

It generally disposes at first to a gentle Diaphoresis or Sweat, and several Hours after to one, and sometimes to a second Stool, with little or no Griping.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)