gripe

gripe has 17 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. A vulture; the griffin.
• v. t.. To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
• v. t.. To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. i.. To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
• v. i.. To suffer griping pains.
• v. i.. To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.
• n.. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
• n.. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.
• n.. A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
• n.. Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
• n.. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.