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• n  acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)
• v  complain
• v  hold fast or firmly
• v  to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
• v  to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe

• Says Zaleski "He e-mailed probably three dozen people griping about the tone of the review and then offered $1,000 from his advance to anyone who would supply him with the name of .
• Michael Eavis, the legendary organizer of the UK's Glastonbury Festival was heard griping after last month's mudfest that the grungy edge of the event has become dulled in recent .
• But he felt special sympathy for those pursued by Ken Starr, and he is still griping that none of the accusations surrounding the land deal went anywhere.

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

News & Articles

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• Rolling Stones: Some things never get old
  Enough griping about the Rolling Stones being too old. There are legit complaints with The 50 and Counting Tour, last night and tomorrow at the TD Garden. They charge too much for tickets (rock ‘n’ roll should never cost $500). They recruit lame guests like Katy Perry, Carrie Underwood and — for shame — Taylor Swift. But after yesterday’s packed Garden bash, I don’t buy the too-old tag.
  June 13, 2013 - Boston Herald
• Some things never get old
  Enough griping about the Rolling Stones being too old. There are legit complaints with The 50 and Counting Tour, last night and tomorrow at the TD Garden. They charge too much for tickets (rock ‘n’ roll should never cost $500). They recruit lame guests like Katy Perry, Carrie Underwood and — for shame — Taylor Swift. But after yesterday’s packed Garden bash, I don’t buy the too-old tag.
  June 13, 2013 - Boston Herald
• Glass developers already griping over Google barring facial recognition
  If you thought that the recent revelations about the NSA’s invasive surveillance practices would give app developers pause about spreading the adoption of facial recognition technology, you would be wrong. Technology Review reports that app developers are griping over Google’s decision to bar facial recognition technology from Google Glass because they think such tech should be a core capability ...
  June 10, 2013 - BGR News via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Kobe Bryant in USA Today
  I had to set the tempo for the ballclub,Bryant said. "If I started griping with the officials right off the bat, it could create a domino effect for everyone else. ...... I had to relax, let it go down, sit on the bench, sit on my hands...
• Mack Brown in CBS 11
  It used to be we'd win 11 games and everyone was griping and I didn't understand,Brown said. "Now we don't win all the games and I'm the one griping."
• Joe Paterno in Nittany Lines (blog)
  I've always been for instant replay,head coach Joe Paterno said. "I was the one guy who started griping about it way back. If we had instant replay, we would have won two games when [former receiver] Tony Johnson was inbounds and they...