'Gripe' definitions:

Definition of 'gripe'

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noun
Informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here" [syn: gripe, kick, beef, bitch, squawk]
verb
Complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler]

Definition of 'Gripe'

From: GCIDE
  • Gripe \Gripe\, n. [See Grype.] (Zool.) A vulture; the griffin. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Gripe's egg, an alchemist's vessel. [Obs.] --E. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gripe'

From: GCIDE
  • Gripe \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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely. [1913 Webster]
  • Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure ? --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • How inly sorrow gripes his soul. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gripe'

From: GCIDE
  • Gripe \Gripe\, v. i.
  • 1. To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To suffer griping pains. --Jocke. [1913 Webster]
  • 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.
  • 2. to complain [PJC]

Definition of 'gripe'

From: GCIDE
  • Griffin \Grif"fin\, Griffon \Grif"fon\, n. [OE. griffin, griffon, griffoun, F. griffon, fr. L. gryphus, equiv to gryps, Gr. ?; -- so called because of the hooked beak, and akin to grypo`s curved, hook-nosed.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. (Myth.) A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Her.) A representation of this creature as an heraldic charge. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) A species of large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor; -- called also gripe, and grype. It is supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible. The {bearded griffin} is the lammergeir. [Written also gryphon.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. An English early apple. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'gripe'

From: GCIDE
  • Grype \Grype\, n. [Gr. gry`f, grypo`s, griffin. See Griffin.] (Zool.) A vulture; the griffin. [Written also gripe.] [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'gripe'

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