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.
- to seize and hold firmly; grip; grasp; clutch.
- to produce pain in (the bowels) as if by constriction.
- to distress or oppress.
- to annoy or irritate: His tone of voice gripes me.
- to grasp or clutch, as a miser.
- Nautical. to secure (a lifeboat) to a deck or against a pudding boom on davits.
- the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- Informal. a nagging complaint.
- a firm hold; clutch.
- a grasp; hold; control.
- 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.
- a handle, hilt, etc.
- Usually gripes. Pathology. an intermittent spasmodic pain in the bowels.
Origin of gripe
Synonyms for gripe
Related Words for griped
objection, grievance, ache, moan, squawk, nag, carp, grumble, mutter, murmur, illness, pain, distress, groan, indisposition, pang, aching, affliction, disorder, infirmityExamples from the Web for griped
Contemporary Examples of griped
We griped and laughed and swore and made fun of one another and ourselves.
Historical Examples of griped
He laid hold of me by the throat, and griped me with a quivering grasp.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
Thus had Amilcare been sold by his own purchase, and thus Grifone griped in his own springe.
Little Novels of ItalyMaurice Henry Hewlett
They went feverish and gaunt, with parched mouths and griped stomachs.
Captain RavenshawRobert Neilson Stephens
The others, according to the quantity they had taken, were griped also.
Girl Scouts in the RockiesLillian Elizabeth Roy
Now he griped at the beast between the ears and held him off, so that he got not at him to bite.
The Story of Grettir The StrongTranslated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris
gripe
- (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
Word Origin for gripe
Word Origin and History for griped
gripe
Old English gripan "grasp at, lay hold, attack, take, seek to get hold of," from Proto-Germanic *gripanan (cf. Old Saxon gripan, Old Norse gripa, Dutch grijpen, Gothic greipan, Old High German grifan, German greifen "to seize"), from PIE root *ghreib- "to grip" (cf. Lithuanian griebiu "to seize"). Figurative sense of "complain, grouse" is first attested 1932, probably from earlier meaning "gripping pain in the bowels" (c.1600; cf. bellyache). Related: Griped; griping.
gripe
late 14c., from gripe (v.). Figurative sense by 1934.
gripe
(grīp)- To have sharp pains in the bowels.
- gripes Sharp, spasmodic pains in the bowels.
- A firm hold; a grasp.