Definitions for gripes
  • Gripe (n.) - A vulture; the griffin.
  • Gripe (v. t.) - To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
  • Gripe (v. t.) - To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
  • Gripe (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.
  • Gripe (v. i.) - To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
  • Gripe (v. i.) - To suffer griping pains.
  • Gripe (v. i.) - To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.
  • Gripe (n.) - Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
  • Gripe (n.) - That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.
  • Gripe (n.) - A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
  • Gripe (n.) - Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
  • Gripe (n.) - Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
  • Gripe (n.) - The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
  • Gripe (n.) - The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
  • Gripe (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.
  • Griped (imp. & p. p.) - of Gripe
  • Gripeful (a.) - Disposed to gripe; extortionate.
  • Gripes - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Griping (p. pr. & vb. n.) - of Gripe
  • Gripingly (adv.) - In a griping or oppressive manner.
  • Gripings - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
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