Word Frequency
gripe (ɡraɪp
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Definitions
verb
- intr (informal) to complain, esp in a persistent nagging manner
- to cause sudden intense pain in the intestines of (a person) or (of a person) to experience this pain
- intr (nautical) (of a ship) to tend to come up into the wind in spite of the helm
- (archaic) to clutch; grasp
- tr (archaic) to afflict
noun
- usually plural a sudden intense pain in the intestines; colic
- (informal) a complaint or grievance
- (rare)
- the act of gripping
- a firm grip
- a device that grips
- in plural (nautical) the lashings that secure a boat
Derived Forms
ˈgriper nounˈgripingly adverb
Word Origin
Old English grīpan; related to Gothic greipan, Old High German grīfan to seize, Lithuanian greibiuTranslations for 'gripe'
- British English: gripe If you say that someone is griping, you mean they are annoying you because they keep on complaining about something. VERBWhy are footballers griping when they earn huge amounts of money?
- Brazilian Portuguese: bufar
- Chinese: 不停地抱怨
- European Spanish: quejarse
- French: râler
- German: meckern
- Italian: lagnarsi
- Japanese: 愚痴る
- Korean: 불평하다
- Portuguese: bufar
- Spanish: quejarse
Example Sentences Including 'gripe'
' He said the circumstances had led staff to conclude the attack was not done by someone with a minor gripe.The Mercury, Sunday Tasmanian (2004)
But, should you find yourself in hospital, just be very careful who you gripe to.Sun, News of the World (2002)
My main gripe , about the hopeless steering, was apparently ignored.My Life With Fast Cars
Some Relief One major gripe of Indian investors has always been that shares of many companies are scarce due to low floating stocks.Business Today (2000)
The move is aimed at protecting staff from false allegations by pupils with a gripe.Sun, News of the World (2004)
Usually when one of her victims had a gripe , they tried it on her secretary first but Valerie wasn't making her usual anguished frown.Yellow Bird
You can do that in a lovely gripe session in the car on the way home.Australian News Misc (2004)
`If you have a gripe against the lady," he told the Englishman, `why don't you just spit it out.Yellow Bird
`The silence here is beginning to gripe my soul," Rhodry said.A Time of War
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