griping

Plural: gripings

Noun

• acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)
• Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; gripe.

Verb

• Present participle of 'gripe'; complaining or grasping.
• complain
• hold fast or firmly
• to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
• to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
• present participle and gerund of gripe

Examples

• Despite griping about her tile luck, she still played a fantastic game of Scrabble.

Synonyms

beef, bellyache, bitch, colic, crab, fascinate, grapple, grip, gripe, gripes, grouse, holler, intestinal colic, spellbind, squawk, transfix