Gripe definition
An example of gripe is having pain caused by irritable bowel syndrome.
An example of gripe is a small child whining about having to eat vegetables.
An example of gripe is a person's expression of their dissatisfaction with their work.
An example of gripe is the pain experienced by a person with irritable bowel syndrome.
Her petty complaints really gripe me.
The gripe of poverty.
Origin of gripe
- Middle English gripen to seize from Old English grīpan
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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.
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