gripe
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verb (used without object)
1.
Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
2.
to suffer pain in the bowels.
3.
Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to tend to come into the wind; to be ardent.
verb (used with object)
4.
to seize and hold firmly; grip; grasp; clutch.
5.
to produce pain in (the bowels) as if by constriction.
6.
to distress or oppress.
7.
to annoy or irritate: His tone of voice gripes me.
8.
to grasp or clutch, as a miser.
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noun
10.
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
11.
Informal. a nagging complaint.
12.
a firm hold; clutch.
13.
a grasp; hold; control.
14.
something that grips or clutches; a claw or grip.
15.
Nautical.
a.
a lashing or chain by which a boat is secured to a deck or in position on davits.
b.
Also called gripe piece. a curved timber connecting the stem or cutwater of a wooden hull with the keel.
c.
the exterior angle or curve formed by this piece; forefoot.
d.
the forward end of the dished keel of a metal hull.
16.
a handle, hilt, etc.
17.
Usually, gripes. Pathology. an intermittent spasmodic pain in the bowels.
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gripe (ɡraɪp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | informal (intr) to complain, esp in a persistent nagging manner |
| 2. | to cause sudden intense pain in the intestines of (a person) or (of a person) to experience this pain |
| 3. | (intr) nautical (of a ship) to tend to come up into the wind in spite of the helm |
| 4. | archaic to clutch; grasp |
| 5. | archaic (tr) to afflict |
| —n | |
| 6. | (usually plural) a sudden intense pain in the intestines; colic |
| 7. | informal a complaint or grievance |
| 8. | rare |
| a. the act of gripping | |
| b. a firm grip | |
| c. a device that grips | |
| 9. | (in plural) nautical the lashings that secure a boat |
| [Old English grīpan; related to Gothic greipan, Old High German grīfan to seize, Lithuanian greibiu] | |
| 'griper | |
| —n | |
| 'gripingly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
gripe
O.E. gripan "grasp at, lay hold," from P.Gmc. *gripanan (cf. O.S. gripan, O.N. gripa, Du. grijpen, Goth. greifen "to seize"), from PIE base *ghrib- (cf. Lith. griebiu "to seize"). Figurative sense of "complain, grouse" is first attested 1932, probably from earlier meaning "gripping pain in the bowels"
(1601).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
gripe (grīp)
v. griped, grip·ing, gripes
To have sharp pains in the bowels. n.
gripes Sharp, spasmodic pains in the bowels.
A firm hold; a grasp.
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Example sentences
What inveterate wearers sometimes gripe about is the niggling pain felt when forced to walk with their feet flat.
It is not unusual for musicians to gripe about their music director, particularly after a long marriage.
And yet you still gripe about the quality of the models.
Companies gripe that the strong yen may push them to move operations overseas.
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