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gripe I. \ˈgrīp\ verb (griped ; griped ; griping ; gripes) Etymology: Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan; akin to Old High German grīfan to seize, grasp, Old Norse grīpa, Gothic greipan to seize, grasp, Lithuanian griebti to reach for, grasp transitive verb 1. a. archaic : to take, seize, or come forcibly into possession or control of b. : to come to have and to hold tightly or penuriously < griping his ill-gotten gains > c. : to grasp, clutch, or hold onto tightly < griping his sword fast > d. obsolete : to enclose tightly 2. : afflict: as a. : to distress, hurt, or grieve by or as if by grasping or seizing tightly < may the fiend gripe his entrails — O.W.Holmes †1935 > b. : to oppress by want, penury, or callous grasping exaction < the poverty that gripes the very poor > < in the clutches of a griping sweatshop operator > c. : irritate, anger, vex < a rookie griped by army regulations > < griped by the new income-tax provisions > 3. : to cause pinching and spasmodic pain in the bowels of intransitive verb 1. archaic : to try to clutch : start to lay hold 2. : to experience griping pains 3. of a ship : to tend to come up into the wind abnormally especially so as to require the helm to be continually put up when sailing close-hauled 4. : to complain usually forcefully : object and criticize with sustained grumbling < griping about food in the mess hall > < gripe at the new regulations > Synonyms: see complain II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from gripen, v. 1. : the act of griping, clutching, or taking fast hold : firm seizure or grasp; broadly : control, mastery < a barren scepter in my gripe — Shakespeare > 2. a. : cruel exaction : oppression : pinching distress : affliction b. : complaint, grumbling 3. : a pinching spasmodic intestinal pain — usually used in plural 4. : something adapted to be grasped : handle, grip 5. a. : something that can be grasped in the hand : handful b. obsolete : the hand as a gripping instrument 6. : a device (as a brake) for grasping or holding 7. a. : a timber sometimes scarfed into the forefoot and stem of a wooden ship for additional strength; broadly : forefoot 2 b. : the forward end of the dished keel of a steel ship to which the stem is attached c. gripes plural : canvas bands and fastenings securing a lifeboat in its cradle III. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin grypus, gryphus — more at griffin 1. obsolete : griffin 1a 2. archaic : vulture 1 |