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gripe

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gripe

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Definitions ofgripe

1noun
  • A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
  • A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
  • Grasp; clutch; grip
  • That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.

    Example: "the gripe of a sword"

  • A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
  • Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.

    Example: "the gripe of poverty"

  • (chiefly in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
  • The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
  • The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
  • An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
  • A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.
1verb
  • To complain; to whine.
  • To annoy or bother.

    Example: "What's griping you?"

  • To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
  • 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.
  • To suffer griping pains.
  • To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
  • To seize or grasp.

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