noun
1. (Yiddish) a constant complainer
• Topics: ↑Yiddish
• Hypernyms:
2. (Yiddish) a nagging complaint
• Topics: ↑Yiddish
• Hypernyms: ↑complaint
verb
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
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My mother complains all day
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She has a lot to kick about
• Derivationally related forms: ↑kick (for: ↑kick), ↑complaint (for: ↑complain), ↑complainer (for: ↑complain)
• Hyponyms:
↑nag, ↑peck, ↑hen-peck, ↑backbite, ↑bitch, ↑whine, ↑grizzle, ↑yammer, ↑yawp, ↑murmur, ↑mutter, ↑grumble, ↑croak, ↑gnarl, ↑grouch, ↑scold, ↑protest, ↑repine, ↑gripe, ↑grouse, ↑crab, ↑beef, ↑squawk, ↑bellyache, ↑holler, ↑rail, ↑inveigh, ↑deplore, ↑lament, ↑bewail, ↑bemoan, ↑report, ↑bleat
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody ——s that CLAUSE
Useful english dictionary. 2012.