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gripe

[ grahyp ]

verb (used without object)

, griped, grip·ing.
  1. Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.

    Synonyms: bellyache, rail, carp, mutter, whine

  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)

, griped, grip·ing.
  1. Informal. to annoy or irritate:

    His tone of voice gripes me.

  2. to produce pain in (the bowels) as if by constriction.
  3. to distress, afflict, or oppress:

    poverty that gripes and pinches us.

  4. Nautical. to secure (a lifeboat) to a deck or against a pudding boom on davits.
  5. Archaic.
    1. to seize and hold firmly with the hand, claws, etc.; grasp; clutch.
    2. to greedily take possession of and hold tightly:

      The miser gripes his money for fear of losing it.

noun

  1. Informal. a nagging complaint.
  2. Usually gripes. Pathology. an intermittent spasmodic pain in the bowels.
  3. something that grips or clutches; a claw or grip.
  4. Nautical.
    1. a lashing or chain by which a boat is secured to a deck or in position on davits.
    2. Also called gripe piece. a curved timber connecting the stem or cutwater of a wooden hull with the keel.
    3. the exterior angle or curve formed by this piece; forefoot.
    4. the forward end of the dished keel of a metal hull.
  5. Archaic.
    1. the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
    2. a firm hold; clutch.
    3. mastery; hold; control.
  6. Rare. a handle, hilt, etc.

gripe

/ ɡraɪp /

verb

  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. usually plural a sudden intense pain in the intestines; colic
  2. informal.
    a complaint or grievance
  3. rare.
    1. the act of gripping
    2. a firm grip
    3. a device that grips
  4. in plural nautical the lashings that secure a boat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈgriper, noun
  • ˈgripingly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • grip·er noun
  • gripe·ful adjective
  • grip·ing·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gripe1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English gripen, Old English grīpan; cognate with Dutch grijpen, German griefen; grip, grope
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gripe1

Old English grīpan; related to Gothic greipan, Old High German grīfan to seize, Lithuanian greibiu
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Example Sentences

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 caveats above apply, but other than a few minor gripes that I mention above, I cannot fault this laptop.

Fellow 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.

My 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.

Attacked 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.

My big gripe with the old TV shows was their reliance on predictable formulas.

Later, another senior NCO chased me down the hall to gripe about how my pants met my boots.

Well, I have a gripe with the pope, was a bit disgusted, and was struck by his radical views.

The 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.

The pincers gripe, the pliers handle; the one is like the closed hand, the other like the fingers.

It was safe enough for a high-ranking labman to gripe about Security—in fact, it was more or less expected.

What 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.

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