GRIPE

gripe

Noun

  1. A complaint; a petty concern.
  2. A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
  3. grasp; clutch; grip
  4. That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.
    the gripe of a sword
  5. A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
  6. Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress.
    the gripe of poverty
  7. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
  8. The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
  9. The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
  10. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
  11. A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.

Verb

  1. To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
  2. To seize, grasp.
  3. To complain; to whine.
  4. To suffer griping pains.
  5. To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
  6. 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.


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