gripe

Definitions

1. 1.To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
2. 2.To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely. Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure Robynson (More's Utopia).
3. 3.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. How inly sorrow gripes his soul. Shak.
4. 4.To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
5. 5.To suffer griping pains. Jocke.
6. 6.(Naut.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm. R. H. Dana, Jr.
7. 7.Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch. A barren scepter in my gripe. Shak.
8. 8.That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.
9. 9.(Mech.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
10. 10.Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
11. 11.Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
12. 12.(Naut.) (a) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot. (b) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind. (c) pl. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging. Gripe penny, a miser; a niggard. D. L. Mackenzie.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is gripe.

• What is to catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch called?
• What is to seize and hold fast; to embrace closely. Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure Robynson (More's Utopia) called?
• What is 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. How inly sorrow gripes his soul. Shak called?
• What is to clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe called?
• What is to tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm. R. H. Dana, Jr called?
• What is grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch. A barren scepter in my gripe. Shak called?
• What is that on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword called?
• What is a device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel called?
• What is oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty called?
• What is pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural called?