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English Dictionary: gripe	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for gripe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gripe n informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here" Synonym(s): gripe, kick, beef, bitch, squawk v complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gripe \Gripe\, n. [See {Grype}.] (Zo[94]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[94]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 [bd]eagle[b8] of the Bible. The bearded griffin is the lammergeir. [Written also {gryphon}.] 4. An English early apple.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grype \Grype\, n. [Gr. gry`f, grypo`s, griffin. See {Griffin}.] (Zo[94]l.) A vulture; the griffin. [Written also {gripe}.] [Obs.]