Definitions for the word "gripe" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A vulture; the griffin.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. i.
To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To suffer griping pains.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. n.
The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. v.
(-ping) 1 colloq. Complain. 2 affect with gastric pain. n. 1 (usu. In pl.) Colic. 2 colloq. Complaint. 3 grip, clutch. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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