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    GRIPING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)play

    Synonyms:

    colic; gripes; griping; intestinal colic

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("griping" is a kind of...):

    hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "griping"):

    lead colic; painter's colic (symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation)

     II. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    -ing form of the verb gripe

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