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gripe
[ grahyp ]
verb (used without object)
- Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- to suffer pain in the bowels.
- Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to tend to come into the wind; to be ardent.
verb (used with object)
- Informal. to annoy or irritate:
His tone of voice gripes me.
- to produce pain in (the bowels) as if by constriction.
- to distress, afflict, or oppress:
poverty that gripes and pinches us.
- Nautical. to secure (a lifeboat) to a deck or against a pudding boom on davits.
- Archaic.
- to seize and hold firmly with the hand, claws, etc.; grasp; clutch.
- to greedily take possession of and hold tightly:
The miser gripes his money for fear of losing it.
noun
- Informal. a nagging complaint.
- Usually gripes. Pathology. an intermittent spasmodic pain in the bowels.
- something that grips or clutches; a claw or grip.
- Nautical.
- a lashing or chain by which a boat is secured to a deck or in position on davits.
- Also called gripe piece. a curved timber connecting the stem or cutwater of a wooden hull with the keel.
- the exterior angle or curve formed by this piece; forefoot.
- the forward end of the dished keel of a metal hull.
- Archaic.
- the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- a firm hold; clutch.
- mastery; hold; control.
- Rare. a handle, hilt, etc.
gripe
/ 伞谤补瑟辫 /
verb
- informal.intr 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
- archaic.tr 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
- 藞驳谤颈辫别谤, noun
- 藞驳谤颈辫颈苍驳濒测, adverb
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 驳谤颈辫路别谤 noun
- 驳谤颈辫别路蹿耻濒 adjective
- 驳谤颈辫路颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of gripe1
Example Sentences
Some of the pieces in the book written before this real-life catastrophe, though, suffer from the rote world-weariness of the columnist accustomed to griping to order.
At one point in the thread the Vance account griped that the strikes would benefit the Europeans, because of their reliance on those shipping lanes, adding: "I just hate bailing Europe out again."
These days it is rare to find a group of young people talking together, he tells us, and neighbours no long share gripes about the authorities as they did before the rebel takeover.
鈥淚n America, art is always paid for by somebody and griped about by somebody else,鈥 Klaus opines late in the novel to Di.
My biggest gripe with making boiled eggs has always been the peeling process, which can be frustrating enough to make me abandon the task altogether.
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