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What does gripe mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word gripe? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
  2. (archaic, transitive) To seize, grasp.
  3. (intransitive) To complain; to whine.
  4. To suffer griping pains.
  5. (nautical) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
  6. (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.
Noun
  1. A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
  2. (nautical) A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
  3. (obsolete) grasp; clutch; grip
  4. (obsolete) That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.
  5. (engineering, dated) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
  6. Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.
  7. (plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
  8. (nautical) The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
  9. (nautical) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
  10. (nautical) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
  11. (obsolete) A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.
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