1. To increase or add substance, strength, or power to — usually used with up
2. To complain

To complain (familiar).

(Slang) To complain bitterly and at length; to bicker.

1. To find fault with; to censure; to nag.
2. To say; to tell.

To express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; SYN. kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch.

To fish for crab.

Complain habitually or at length.

1. To break into lumps before sorting, as of ore.
2. To play in ragtime, as of a musical piece.