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Meanings of gripe in English

Portuguese
queixa

Informal terms for objecting.

queixa
Portuguese
reclamar
Catalan
xisclar
Spanish
disputar

Complain.

reclamar
Synonyms
Examples for "crab"
Examples for "crab"
1
Put a tablespoonful of the crab mixture in the bottom of each.
Many Ways for Cooking Eggs
2
This beautiful area is becoming famous for its fish, lobster and crab.
The Guardian
3
The one-clawed crab stopped for a moment in front of the lounge.
A Little Florida Lady
4
It was a new species of yeti crab, since named Kiwa puravida.
BBC
5
He held it now in his left hand, advancing crab-wise toward Teague.
The confusion
1
The vultures and the sand-grouse held it undisturbed in a perpetual tenancy.
The Four Feathers
2
What right did Michael have to grouse about her lack of energy?
Sacrifice
3
After the lark came the grouse, who had flown over the midlands.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
4
The far-off drowsy drum of a grouse intruded on the vast stillness.
The Last Trail
5
On this occasion we had deer, grouse, and ducks in the larder.
The Mountains
1
Well, it does sound creepy to holler in the timber after night.
North of Fifty-Three
2
He took a long look at the hills that surrounded the holler.
Knockemstiff
3
If you was to holler at it I'd die in my tracks.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
4
The fellows have been waiting for you to holler out the news.
Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance
5
When lots of people began to holler, he knew something was wrong.
The new yorker
1
You'd think you wasn't a dick yourself the way you bellyache over things.
The maltese falcon
2
This'll give the governments of Earth the biggest psychic bellyache in recorded history.
The Robot Who Looked Like Me
3
And de bellyache and de running off de same way, too.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
4
I didn't ask everybody over here to bellyache about it.
Funland
5
I made the universe, but please don't blame me for it; I had a bellyache.
IT

An expression of grievance, resentment or displeasure.

Usage of gripe in English
1
This is by no means a gripe with our roads to justice.
The South African
2
And there wasn't anybody who specifically had a gripe on those days.
A farewell to legs: an aaron tucker mystery
3
The eager tiger, by overleaping, fell into the gripe of the alligator.
Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match
4
The voters were boisterous but peaceful, with queue jumping the main gripe.
Reuters
5
Let me intreat to speak with her, before the prison gripe me.
A Yorkshire Tragedy
6
Nothing is too small for the gripe of the Provost Marshal's myrmidons.
Border and Bastille
7
It refused to uphold her gripe against the Daily Mail and OK!
The Irish Times
8
All of that is reason to gripe about the show on Twitter.
Wired
9
He struggled furiously, but could not force my gripe from his throat.
Wilfrid Cumbermede
10
My gripe about the play is that its horizons are inevitably limited.
The Guardian
11
He'd be about the only selection you could have a gripe with.
The Guardian
12
But Gaspard's last gullet-gripe had robbed me of the power to speak.
The Helmet of Navarre
13
It's hard to admit an exception to a pet gripe against things.
The Night of the Long Knives
14
When I gripe about his humming, my husband laughs, apparently genuinely amused.
The Guardian
15
The U.S., Europe and Japan have a legitimate gripe with Beijing.
Reuters
16
Her particular gripe is the level of student apathy, the lack of participation.
Ebony
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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