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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.
EXPANDto grasp or clutch, as a miser.
9.
COLLAPSENautical. to secure (a lifeboat) to a deck or against a pudding boom on davits.
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Griper
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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.
EXPANDsomething 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.
COLLAPSEUsually, gripes. Pathology. an intermittent spasmodic pain in the bowels.
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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"
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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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