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gripe
[ grahyp ]
verb (used without object)
- Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- to suffer pain in the bowels.
- Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to tend to come into the wind; to be ardent.
verb (used with object)
- Informal. to annoy or irritate:
His tone of voice gripes me.
- to produce pain in (the bowels) as if by constriction.
- to distress, afflict, or oppress:
poverty that gripes and pinches us.
- Nautical. to secure (a lifeboat) to a deck or against a pudding boom on davits.
- Archaic.
- to seize and hold firmly with the hand, claws, etc.; grasp; clutch.
- to greedily take possession of and hold tightly:
The miser gripes his money for fear of losing it.
noun
- Informal. a nagging complaint.
- Usually gripes. Pathology. an intermittent spasmodic pain in the bowels.
- something that grips or clutches; a claw or grip.
- 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.
- Archaic.
- the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- a firm hold; clutch.
- mastery; hold; control.
- Rare. a handle, hilt, etc.
gripe
/ É¡°ù²¹Éª±è /
verb
- informal.intr to complain, esp in a persistent nagging manner
- to cause sudden intense pain in the intestines of (a person) or (of a person) to experience this pain
- intr nautical (of a ship) to tend to come up into the wind in spite of the helm
- archaic.to clutch; grasp
- archaic.tr to afflict
noun
- usually plural a sudden intense pain in the intestines; colic
- informal.a complaint or grievance
- rare.
- the act of gripping
- a firm grip
- a device that grips
- in plural nautical the lashings that secure a boat
Derived Forms
- ˈ²µ°ù¾±±è±ð°ù, noun
- ˈ²µ°ù¾±±è¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²µ°ù¾±±è·±ð°ù noun
- ²µ°ù¾±±è±ð·´Ú³Ü±ô adjective
- ²µ°ù¾±±è·¾±²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gripe1
Example Sentences
At one point in the thread the Vance account griped that the strikes would benefit the Europeans, because of their reliance on those shipping lanes, adding: "I just hate bailing Europe out again."
These days it is rare to find a group of young people talking together, he tells us, and neighbours no long share gripes about the authorities as they did before the rebel takeover.
“In America, art is always paid for by somebody and griped about by somebody else,†Klaus opines late in the novel to Di.
My biggest gripe with making boiled eggs has always been the peeling process, which can be frustrating enough to make me abandon the task altogether.
It's easy enough for Torres, Beyer and others in the Democratic caucus to gripe about the volume of irate calls to their offices.
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