gripe
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.
Informal. to annoy or irritate: His tone of voice gripes me.
to produce pain in (the bowels) as if by constriction.
to distress, afflict, or oppress: poverty that gripes and pinches us.
Nautical. to secure (a lifeboat) to a deck or against a pudding boom on davits.
Archaic.
to seize and hold firmly with the hand, claws, etc.; grasp; clutch.
to greedily take possession of and hold tightly:The miser gripes his money for fear of losing it.
Informal. a nagging complaint.
Usually gripes. Pathology. an intermittent spasmodic pain in the bowels.
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.
Archaic.
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
a firm hold; clutch.
mastery; hold; control.
Rare. a handle, hilt, etc.
Origin of gripe
1Other words for gripe
Other words from gripe
- griper, noun
- gripeful, adjective
- grip·ing·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with gripe
Words Nearby gripe
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How to use gripe in a sentence
Another minor gripe is that the wheels don’t roll well on carpeted floors, but weighing in at 11 pounds means that it’s easy enough just to pick up and move around manually.
The best laptop desks for working around the house | Stacey Ritzen | October 14, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe caveats above apply, but other than a few minor gripes that I mention above, I cannot fault this laptop.
HP ZBook Studio G8 Review: Rock Solid Performance, Painful Price Tag | noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) | September 27, 2021 | TechCrunchFellow critics, like Vulture’s Kathryn VanArendonk and Decider’s Meghan O’Keefe, have posited that Ted Lasso’s weekly release could be to blame for the spike in these gripes.
Why Does Everybody Hate ‘Ted Lasso’ All of a Sudden? | Kevin Fallon | August 27, 2021 | The Daily BeastMy only small gripe with the rear controls is that they’re not visible to the user while the mic is in use, so unless you’ve memorized each switch’s location, you need to pivot the mic or physically move your body to gain access.
Samson Q9U review: A studio-worthy mobile-friendly mic | Tony Ware | July 20, 2021 | Popular-ScienceAttacked by sadistic rustics with a social media gripe, the owner of the Facebook-like ConFab tells Pickett that if he dies in the wilderness at least “it’ll go viral.”
It would be ludicrous to gripe about Louis-Dreyfus winning again for her work in Veep.
What's TV's Funniest Show? Our Emmy Awards Comedy Predictions | Kevin Fallon | August 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMy big gripe with the old TV shows was their reliance on predictable formulas.
Five Lessons the Faltering Music Industry Could Learn From TV | Ted Gioia | August 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLater, another senior NCO chased me down the hall to gripe about how my pants met my boots.
How I’ll End the War: My First Week Back in Afghanistan | Nick Willard | May 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWell, I have a gripe with the pope, was a bit disgusted, and was struck by his radical views.
A Catholic Ex-Banker on Pope Francis’s Radical Views | Chris Lowney | December 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe gripe is much older than the bloggers and tweeters who are its latest targets.
Peer Khan uttered the fatal words, and Ghuffoor Khan wrestled out his last agony under my never-failing gripe.
Confessions of a Thug | Philip Meadows TaylorThe pincers gripe, the pliers handle; the one is like the closed hand, the other like the fingers.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoIt was safe enough for a high-ranking labman to gripe about Security—in fact, it was more or less expected.
Security | Poul William AndersonWhat has posterity done for us / That we, lest they their rights should lose, / Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?
It is weaker than Barbadoes or even hepatic aloes, and is more apt to gripe, &c., than the latter.
British Dictionary definitions for gripe
/ (ɡraɪp) /
(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
(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
Origin of gripe
1Derived forms of gripe
- griper, noun
- gripingly, adverb
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