GRIPE
\ɡɹˈa͡ɪp], \ɡɹˈaɪp], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈaɪ_p]\
Definitions of GRIPE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
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To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
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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.
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To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
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To suffer griping pains.
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To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.
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Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
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A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
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Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
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The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
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The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
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An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.
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Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; - chiefly used in the plural.
By Oddity Software
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To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
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To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
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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.
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To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
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To suffer griping pains.
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To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.
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Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
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A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
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Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
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The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
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The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
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An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.
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Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; - chiefly used in the plural.
By Noah Webster.
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A clasping with the hand or arms; a squeeze; pressure; pinching distress.
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To hold with closed fingers; grasp; hold tightly; to pain the bowels of; seize; clutch; oppress; pinch.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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A strong grasp or clutch; oppression; pain in the bowels.
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To hold firmly; clutch; give pain in the bowels.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To grasp.
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To give pain to (the bowels); distress; suffer; be extortionate.
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A firm hold, grip; oppressive control.
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Intermittent pains in the bowels.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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