gripe¹ /grīp/

1. To keep on complaining (informal)
2. To cause, or to suffer, a painful stomach spasm
3. To clutch (obsolete)

1. To cause a painful stomach spasm in
2. To secure with gripes (nautical)
3. To grasp (obsolete)
4. To seize and hold fast (archaic)
5. To squeeze or pinch
6. To afflict, oppress

1. A grumble (informal)
2. (esp in pl) severe spasmodic pain in the intestines
3. A secure hold, grasp
4. A lashing for a boat on deck
5. A pain, pang (obsolete)
6. Forcible retention (obsolete)
7. A usurer (obs sl)

grīpˈer noun

grīpˈing adjective

1. (of a person) constantly complaining
2. (of a pain) seizing acutely
3. Avaricious, grasping

grīpˈingly adverb

gripe site noun (informal)

A website set up as a forum for people to air their grievances about an organization

gripe water or specif Gripe Water® noun

A solution given to infants to relieve colic and minor stomach ailments

gripe² or grype /grīp/ (obsolete)

1. A griffin
2. A vulture

gripe's egg noun

A large oval cup

grip² /grip/ or (dialect) gripe /grīp/

A small ditch, gutter or trench to carry away surface water, a drain

To trench or ditch

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