"gritch" meaning in English

See gritch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: gritches [present, singular, third-person], gritching [participle, present], gritched [participle, past], gritched [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} gritch (third-person singular simple present gritches, present participle gritching, simple past and past participle gritched)
  1. (Canada, US, slang, intransitive) To complain; to gripe. Tags: Canada, US, intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-gritch-en-verb-H0bMQZfr Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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