gripe

[ grahyp ]

/ graɪp /

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verb (used without object), griped, grip·ing.

Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.

to suffer pain in the bowels.

Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to tend to come into the wind; to be ardent.

verb (used with object), griped, grip·ing.

to seize and hold firmly; grip; grasp; clutch.

to produce pain in (the bowels) as if by constriction.

to distress or oppress.

to annoy or irritate: His tone of voice gripes me.

to grasp or clutch, as a miser.

Nautical. to secure (a lifeboat) to a deck or against a pudding boom on davits.

noun

the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.

Informal. a nagging complaint.

a firm hold; clutch.

a grasp; hold; control.

something that grips or clutches; a claw or grip.

Nautical.

a lashing or chain by which a boat is secured to a deck or in position on davits.
Also called gripe piece. a curved timber connecting the stem or cutwater of a wooden hull with the keel.
the exterior angle or curve formed by this piece; forefoot.
the forward end of the dished keel of a metal hull.

a handle, hilt, etc.

Usually gripes. Pathology. an intermittent spasmodic pain in the bowels.

Origin of gripe

1350–1400; Middle English gripen, Old English grīpan; cognate with Dutch grijpen, German griefen; see grip, grope

SYNONYMS FOR gripe

1 whine, mutter, carp, rail, bellyache.

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OTHER WORDS FROM gripe

grip·er, noun gripe·ful, adjective grip·ing·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH gripe

grip gripe grippe

Words nearby gripe

gringa, gringo, griot, grip, grip tape, gripe, gripe water, gripey, gripman, grippe, gripper

Example sentences from the Web for griper

Here Captain Lyon, in the Griper, was thrown anchorless upon the mercy of a stormy sea, ice crashing around him.

Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage |Richard Hakluyt
Here Captain Lyon, in the "Griper," was thrown anchorless upon the mercy of a stormy sea, ice crashing around him.

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 |Various
The Griper was in the same dangerous predicament, and there appeared every probability that she would be nipped and destroyed.

Notable Voyagers |W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith

British Dictionary definitions for griper

gripe

/ (ɡraɪp) /

verb

(intr) informal to complain, esp in a persistent nagging manner

to cause sudden intense pain in the intestines of (a person) or (of a person) to experience this pain

(intr) nautical (of a ship) to tend to come up into the wind in spite of the helm

archaic to clutch; grasp

(tr) archaic to afflict

noun

(usually plural) a sudden intense pain in the intestines; colic

informal a complaint or grievance

rare

the act of gripping
a firm grip
a device that grips

(in plural) nautical the lashings that secure a boat

Derived forms of gripe

griper, noun gripingly, adverb

Word Origin for gripe

Old English grīpan; related to Gothic greipan, Old High German grīfan to seize, Lithuanian greibiu

Medical definitions for griper

gripe

[ grīp ]

v.

To have sharp pains in the bowels.

n.

gripes Sharp, spasmodic pains in the bowels.

A firm hold; a grasp.

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verb (used without object), griped, grip·ing.

verb (used with object), griped, grip·ing.

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gripe

verb (used without object), griped, grip·ing.

verb (used with object), griped, grip·ing.

noun

Origin of gripe

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OTHER WORDS FROM gripe

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH gripe

Words nearby gripe

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