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Definitions for Gripe

[1] Informal . to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
[2] to suffer pain in the bowels.
[3] Nautical . (of a sailing vessel) to tend to come into the wind; to be ardent.
[4] to seize and hold firmly; grip; grasp; clutch.
[5] to produce pain in (the bowels) as if by constriction.
[6] to distress or oppress.
[7] to annoy or irritate: His tone of voice gripes me.
[8] to grasp or clutch, as a miser.
[9] Nautical . to secure (a lifeboat) to a deck or against a pudding boom on davits.
[10] the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
[11] Informal . a nagging complaint.
[12] a firm hold; clutch.
[13] a grasp; hold; control.
[14] something that grips or clutches; a claw or grip.
[15] 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.
[16] a handle, hilt, etc.
[17] Usually gripes. Pathology . an intermittent spasmodic pain in the bowels.
[18] (intr) informal to complain, esp in a persistent nagging manner
[19] to cause sudden intense pain in the intestines of (a person) or (of a person) to experience this pain
[20] (intr) nautical (of a ship) to tend to come up into the wind in spite of the helm
[21] archaic to clutch; grasp
[22] (tr) archaic to afflict
[23] (usually plural) a sudden intense pain in the intestines; colic
[24] informal a complaint or grievance
[25] rare the act of gripping a firm grip a device that grips
[26] (in plural) nautical the lashings that secure a boat

Words related to Gripe

objection, grievance, ache, moan, squawk, nag, carp, grumble, mutter, murmur, illness, pain, distress, groan, indisposition, pang, aching, affliction, disorder, infirmity

Words nearby Gripe

gringa, gringo, griot, grip, grip tape, gripe, gripe water, gripey, gripman, grippe, gripper

Origin of Gripe

1350–1400; Middle English gripen, Old English grīpan; cognate with Dutch grijpen, German griefen; see grip, grope

Words that may be confused with Gripe

grip, gripe, grippe

Other words from Gripe

grip·er , noun
gripe·ful , adjective
grip·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Gripe

Old English grīpan; related to Gothic greipan, Old High German grīfan to seize, Lithuanian greibiu

Synonyms for Gripe

ache, grievance, objection, aching, affliction, disorder, distress, groan, grouse, grumble, illness, indisposition, infirmity, moan, pain, pang