Definition: gripe
gripe
n : informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the
service here" [syn: kick, beef, bitch, squawk]
v : complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: grouse, beef,
squawk, bellyache, holler]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Grype \Grype\, n. [Gr. gry`f, grypo`s, griffin. See Griffin.] (Zo["o]l.) A vulture; the griffin. [Written also gripe.] [Obs.]
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.]
1. (Myth.) A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It
is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art.
2. (Her.) A representation of this creature as an heraldic
charge.
3. (Zo["o]l.) 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.]
4. An English early apple.
Gripe \Gripe\, n.
1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
A barren scepter in my gripe. --Shak.
2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the
gripe of a sword.
3. (Mech.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake
to stop a wheel.
4. Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress;
as, the gripe of poverty.
5. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly
used in the plural.
6. (Naut.)
(a) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the
fore end; the forefoot.
(b) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the
water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
(c) pl. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks,
fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats
when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat
to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.
Gripe penny, a miser; a niggard
Gripe \Gripe\, n. [See Grype.] (Zo["o]l.) A vulture; the griffin. [Obs.] Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws. --Shak. Gripe's egg, an alchemist's vessel. [Obs.] --E. Jonson.
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.] 1. To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch. 2. To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely. Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure ? --Robynson (More's Utopia). 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. How inly sorrow gripes his soul. --Shak.
Gripe \Gripe\, v. i.
1. To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a
gripe or as with a gripe.
2. To suffer griping pains. --Jocke.
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.
