'Gripe' definitions:
Definition of 'gripe'
From: WordNet
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- hand-to-mouth existence,
- hands,
- 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