gripe

Other forms of gripe

plural

gripes·

past tense

griped·

present participle

griping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gripe

What does gripe mean?

gripe means "informal terms for objecting". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gripe?

gripe has 1 syllable: gripe. In IPA it is /ˈɡɹaɪp/.

What is another word for gripe?

Close synonyms include kick, beef, bitch, squawk, bitch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gripe a common word?

gripe is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.