marmattaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• crank noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
• gripe verb To complain, often persistently about something minor.

Senses

marmattaa is used for these senses in English:

• crank (intransitive) To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
• get on someone's case (informal) To lecture, berate, or complain to somebody, especially to find fault or criticize.
• gripe (obsolete, transitive) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.

crank — full definition

1. noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
2. noun A person seen as eccentric, obsessive, or holding strange fringe beliefs.
3. adjective Grouchy or irritable (informal, chiefly used as "cranky").
4. verb To turn using a crank, or to start a machine by turning one.

gripe — full definition

1. verb To complain, often persistently about something minor.
2. noun A complaint, especially a small or petty one.

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