gripe: Meaning and Definition of

gripe

1. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
2. to suffer pain in the bowels.
3. (of a sailing vessel) to tend to come into the wind; to be ardent.

1. to seize and hold firmly; grip; grasp; clutch.
2. to produce pain in (the bowels) as if by constriction.
3. to distress or oppress.
4. to annoy or irritate: His tone of voice gripes me.
5. to grasp or clutch, as a miser.
6. to secure (a lifeboat) to a deck or against a pudding boom on davits.

1. the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
2. a nagging complaint.
3. a firm hold; clutch.
4. a grasp; hold; control.
5. something that grips or clutches; a claw or grip.
1. a lashing or chain by which a boat is secured to a deck or in position on davits.
2. Also calledgripe&prim; piece&sec;.a curved timber connecting the stem or cutwater of a wooden hull with the keel.
3. the exterior angle or curve formed by this piece; forefoot.
4. the forward end of the dished keel of a metal hull.
7. a handle, hilt, etc.
8. Usually,an intermittent spasmodic pain in the bowels.