Gripe Definition

grīp
griped, gripes, griping
verb
griped, gripes, griping
To feel sharp pains in the bowels.
Webster's New World
To complain; grumble.
Webster's New World
To grasp; clutch.
Webster's New World
To annoy; irritate.
Webster's New World
To cause sudden, sharp pain in the bowels of.
Webster's New World
noun
gripes
The pressure or pain of something distressing or afflicting.
Webster's New World
A sudden, sharp pain in the bowels.
Webster's New World
A handle.
Webster's New World
A firm hold; a grasp.
American Heritage
A complaint.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Gripe

Noun

Singular:
gripe
Plural:
gripes

Origin of Gripe

  • From Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Swedish gripa. See also grip, grope.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English gripen to seize from Old English grīpan

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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