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gripings

gripings is the plural of griping.

Meaning of griping

Noun

griping (plural gripings)

  1. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; gripe.
    • The gripings are always severe, and a sort of painful descent of the bowels accompanies every evacuation.1824, John Mason Good, The study of medicine: with a physiological system of nosology

Questions about gripings

What is gripings the plural of?
Gripings is the plural of griping.

Words near gripings in the dictionary

  1. griphites
  2. griphopith
  3. griphopiths
  4. griping
  5. gripingly
  6. gripings
  7. griple
  8. gripless
  9. griplessness
  10. gripman
  11. gripmen

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