gripe

IPA: grˈaɪp

A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
(nautical) A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
(obsolete) Grasp; clutch; grip.
(obsolete) That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.
(engineering, dated) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
(obsolete) Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.
(chiefly in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
(nautical) The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
(nautical) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
(nautical) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
Alternative form of grype [(obsolete) A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.]

(intransitive, informal) To complain; to whine.
(transitive, informal) To annoy or bother.
(nautical) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
(obsolete, transitive) 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.
(intransitive, now archaic except in passive) To suffer griping pains.
(obsolete, intransitive) To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
(archaic, transitive) To seize or grasp.

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