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Gripe
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Gripe Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Gripe?
[n] informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here"
[v] complain; "What was he hollering about?" Synonyms | Synonyms for Gripe: beef | beef | bellyache | bitch | grouse | holler | kick | squawk | squawk Related Terms | Find terms related to Gripe: abduct | ache | aching | adhere to | afflict | aggravate | agonize | ail | air a grievance | angina | annoy | backache | badger | bait | bare cupboard | bare subsistence | be at | bear hug | bedevil | beef | beefing | beggarliness | beggary | bellyache | bellyaching | beset | bitch | bitching | bite | bleat | blow off | bother | brawl | bristle | brown off | bug | bullyrag | burn | burn up | cardialgia | carp | carping | carry off | cavil | cavilling | cephalalgia | chafe | chivy | cholera morbus | clamor | clamp | clasp | claws | cleave to | clench | clinch | cling | clinging | clip | clutch | clutches | colic | collywobbles | command | complain | complaining | complaint | constipation | control | convulse | costiveness | crab | cramp | crib | croak | crucify | cut | death grip | deprivation | destitution | destructive criticism | devil | diarrhea | discompose | dissent | distemper | distress | disturb | dog | domination | dominion | dysentery | dyspepsia | earache | embrace | empty purse | exasperate | excruciate | exercise | fash | faultfinding | fester | firm hold | flux | foothold | footing | freeze to | fret | fret and fume | fuss | gall | get | give pain | gnaw | gnawing | grapple | grasp | grate | grievance | grind | grinding poverty | grip | gripes | griping | groan | groaning | grouch | grouse | grousing | growl | grumble | grumbling | grunt | gut-ache | hand | hands | hand-to-mouth existence | hang on | hang on to | harass | harrow | harry | headache | heartburn | heckle | hector | helm | hemicrania | hold | hold fast | hold on | hold on to | hold tight | holler | homelessness | hound | howl | hug | hurt | impoverishment | indigence | indigestion | inflame | inflict pain | irk | iron grip | iron hand | irregularity | irritate | jurisdiction | keep hold of | kick | kicking | kidnap | kill by inches | lacerate | lack | lientery | lodge a complaint | martyr | martyrize | mastership | mastery | megrim | mendicancy | miff | migraine | moan | moaning | molest | moneylessness | murmur | murmuring | mutter | nag | nagging | necessitousness | necessity | need | neediness | needle | nettle | never let go | nip | nudzh | objection | obstipation | odontalgia | otalgia | pain | pang | pauperism | pauperization | peeve | peevishness | penury | persecute | pester | pet peeve | petulance | pick on | pierce | pinch | pique | plague | pluck the beard | pother | power | prick | privation | prolong the agony | protest | provoke | purchase | put to torture | pyrosis | querulousness | rack | raise a howl | rankle | rasp | register a complaint | reins of government | ride | rile | roil | rub | ruffle | scolding | seizure | shanghai | sick headache | sniping | splitting headache | squawk | squawking | stab | stick to | sting | stomachache | take on | talons | tease | tenure | throbbing pain | throttle | tight grip | toehold | toothache | torment | torture | trots | try the patience | tweak | tweak the nose | twinge | twist | vex | want | whimper | whimpering | whine | whining | worry | wound | wring | yammer | yap | yapping | yawp | yelp See Also | complain | kick | kvetch | objection | plain | quetch | sound off Gripe In Webster's Dictionary \Gripe\, n. [See {Grype}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A vulture; the griffin. [Obs.]
Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws.
--Shak.
{Gripe's egg}, an alchemist's vessel. [Obs.] --E. Jonson.
\Gripe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Griped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Griping}.] [AS. gripan; akin to D. grijpen, G. greifen, OHG. gr?fan, Icel. gripa, Sw. gripe, Dan. gribe, Goth. greipan; cf. Lith. graibyti, Russ. grabite to plunder, Skr. grah, grabh, to seize. Cf. {Grip}, v. t., {Grope}.] 1. To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch. 2. To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely. Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure ? --Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances. How inly sorrow gripes his soul. --Shak. \Gripe\, v. i. 1. To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe. 2. To suffer griping pains. --Jocke. 3. (Naut.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm. --R. H. Dana, Jr. \Gripe\, n. 1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch. A barren scepter in my gripe. --Shak. 2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword. 3. (Mech.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel. 4. Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty. 5. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural. 6. (Naut.) (a) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot. (b) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind. (c) pl. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging. {Gripe penny}, {a} miser; a niggard |
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