Gripe
Definition of Gripe
n. | 1. | (Zool.) A vulture; the griffin. | v. t. | 1. | | | 1. | To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch. | | 2. | To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely. | | 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. | 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. | | 2. | to complain | | 3. | (Naut.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm. | n. | 1. | Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch. | | 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.) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.Gripe penny | miser; a niggard<- ; a pinchpenny? ->. - D. L. Mackenzie. |
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