- to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
- to suffer pain in the bowels.
- (of a sailing vessel) to tend to come into the wind; to be ardent.
- to annoy or irritate: His tone of voice gripes me.
- to produce pain in (the bowels) as if by constriction.
- to distress, afflict, or oppress: poverty that gripes and pinches us.
- to secure (a lifeboat) to a deck or against a pudding boom on davits.
- Archaic.
- to seize and hold firmly with the hand, claws, etc.; grasp; clutch.
- to greedily take possession of and hold tightly:The miser gripes his money for fear of losing it.
- a nagging complaint.
- an intermittent spasmodic pain in the bowels.
- something that grips or clutches; a claw or grip.
- Nautical.
- a lashing or chain by which a boat is secured to a deck or in position on davits.
- a curved timber connecting the stem or cutwater of a wooden hull with the keel.
- the exterior angle or curve formed by this piece; forefoot.
- the forward end of the dished keel of a metal hull.
- Archaic.
- the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- a firm hold; clutch.
- mastery; hold; control.
- a handle, hilt, etc.
- to complain, esp in a persistent nagging manner
- to cause sudden intense pain in the intestines of (a person) or (of a person) to experience this pain
- (of a ship) to tend to come up into the wind in spite of the helm
- to clutch; grasp
- to afflict
- a sudden intense pain in the intestines; colic
- a complaint or grievance
- rare
- the act of gripping
- a firm grip
- a device that grips
- the lashings that secure a boat
