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Noun: gripes  grIps
  1. Acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)
    - colic, intestinal colic, griping
Noun: gripe  grIp
  1. Informal term for objecting
    "I have a gripe about the service here"
    - kick, beef, bitch, squawk
Verb: gripe  grIp
  1. Complain
    "What was he griping about?"
    - bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler

Type of: complain, hurting, kick, kvetch [N. Amer], objection, pain, plain [archaic], quetch, sound off

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