griping

griping

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪpɪŋ

Verb

griping

1. present participle of gripe

Noun

griping (plural gripings)

1. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; gripe.
   • 1824, John Mason Good, The study of medicine: with a physiological system of nosology

     The gripings are always severe, and a sort of painful descent of the bowels accompanies every evacuation.