gripe

English

/ɡɹaɪp/, /ɡɹʌɪp/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To complain; to whine.
  • (transitive) 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) 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) To suffer griping pains.
  • (obsolete) To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
  • (archaic) To seize or grasp.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English gripen inherited from Old English grīpan (snatch, apprehend, take, seize) inherited from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną (grab, grasp) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (grab, grasp), *gʰreyb- (grab, grasp).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʰreyb-

Gloss

grab, grasp

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