NOUN
  • Definition - A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
  • Definition - A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
  • Definition - Grasp; clutch; grip
  • Definition - That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.
  • Example - the gripe of a sword
  • Definition - A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
  • Example - the gripe of a sword
  • Definition - Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.
  • Example - the gripe of poverty
  • Definition - (chiefly in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
  • Example - the gripe of poverty
  • Definition - The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
  • Example - the gripe of poverty
  • Definition - The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
  • Example - the gripe of poverty
  • Definition - An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
  • Example - the gripe of poverty
  • Definition - A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.
  • Example - the gripe of poverty
VERB
  • Definition - To complain; to whine.
  • Example - the gripe of poverty
  • Definition - To annoy or bother.
  • Example - What's griping you?
  • Definition - To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
  • Example - What's griping you?
  • Definition - 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.
  • Example - What's griping you?
  • Definition - To suffer griping pains.
  • Example - What's griping you?
  • Definition - To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
  • Example - What's griping you?
  • Definition - To seize or grasp.
  • Example - What's griping you?
Words in your word
6 Letter Words
gripes 9
5 Letter Words
gripe 8 grips 8 prigs 8 sprig 8 peris 7 piers 7 pries 7 prise 7 ripes 7 speir 7 spier 7 spire 7
4 Letter Words
gips 7 grip 7 pegs 7 pigs 7 prig 7 peri 6 pier 6 pies 6 reps 6 ripe 6 rips 6 sipe 6 egis 5 ergs 5 gies 5 regs 5 rigs 5 ires 4 reis 4 rise 4 sire 4
3 Letter Words
gip 6 peg 6 pig 6 per 5 pes 5 pie 5 pis 5 psi 5 rep 5 rip 5 sip 5 erg 4 gie 4 gis 4 reg 4 rig 4 seg 4 sig 4 ers 3 ire 3 rei 3 res 3 sei 3 ser 3 sir 3 sri 3
2 Letter Words
pe 4 pi 4 gi 3 er 2 es 2 is 2 re 2 si 2
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