[grahyp] 
verb, griped, grip⋅ing, noun | 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. |
| 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. |
| 9. | Nautical. to secure (a lifeboat) to a deck or against a pudding boom on davits. |
| 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.
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| 16. | a handle, hilt, etc. |
| 17. | Usually, gripes. Pathology. an intermittent spasmodic pain in the bowels. |
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.
