gripe

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (to grab, grasp). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Swedish gripa. See also grip, grope.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡɹaɪp/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪp

Verb

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gripe (third-person singular simple present gripes, present participle griping, simple past griped or (obsolete) grope, past participle griped or (obsolete) gripen)

  1. (intransitive, informal) To complain; to whine.
    • 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in AV Club[1]:
      In “Treehouse Of Horror” episodes, the rules aren’t just different—they don’t even exist. If writers want Homer to kill Flanders or for a segment to end with a marriage between a woman and a giant ape, they can do so without worrying about continuity or consistency or fans griping that the gang is behaving out of character.
  2. (transitive, informal) To annoy or bother.
    What's griping you?
  3. (nautical) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.[1]
  4. (obsolete, transitive) 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.
  5. (intransitive, now archaic except in passive) To suffer griping pains.
  6. (obsolete, intransitive) To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
    • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 14]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, [], →OCLC:
      Therefore, everyman, look to that last end that is thy death and the dust that gripeth on every man that is born of woman for as he came naked forth from his mother's womb so naked shall he wend him at the last for to go as he came.
  7. (archaic, transitive) To seize or grasp.
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Noun

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gripe (plural gripes)

  1. A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
  2. (nautical) A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
  3. (obsolete) Grasp; clutch; grip.
  4. (obsolete) That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.
    the gripe of a sword
  5. (engineering, dated) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
  6. (obsolete) Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.
    the gripe of poverty
  7. (chiefly in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
  8. (nautical) The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
  9. (nautical) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
  10. (nautical) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gripe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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gripe (plural gripes)

  1. Alternative form of grype

References

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  1. ^ 1841, Richard Henry Dana Jr., The Seaman's Friend

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Galician

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Etymology

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Attested since 1853. Borrowed from French grippe

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈɡɾipe/ [ˈɡɾi.pɪ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈħɾipe/ [ˈħɾi.pɪ]

  • Rhymes: -ipe
  • Hyphenation: gri‧pe

Noun

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gripe m or f (plural gripes)

  1. (pathology) flu, influenza
    Synonyms: gripallada, gripalleira, gripaxe

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old English gripe, from Proto-West Germanic *gripi, from Proto-Germanic *gripiz.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrip(ə)/, /ˈɡreːp(ə)/

Noun

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gripe (plural grippes or gripen)

  1. Gripping or grabbing; taking with the hand.
  2. (rare) A small group or collection of things.
  3. (rare) An assault or attack.
  4. (rare) A twinge; a sharp pain.
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Descendants
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  • English: grip
  • Scots: grip, grup
  • Yola: grip
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Old French gripe, from Latin gryps, grȳphus, from Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ (grū́ps).

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrip(ə)/, /ˈɡriːp(ə)/

Noun

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gripe (plural gripes)

  1. A griffin (mythological beast; also in heraldry).
  2. A vulture (compare modern English griffon vulture).
Descendants
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  • English: grip (obsolete)
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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gripe

  1. Alternative form of gripen

North Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian grīpa, from Proto-West Germanic *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.

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gripe

  1. (Mooring) to grab, seize

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Danish gribe (to grab), from Old Norse grípa (to grab), from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (to grasp, grab). Cognate with Danish gribe, Swedish gripa, Icelandic grípa, English gripe, Dutch grijpen, German greifen.

Verb

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gripe (imperative grip, present tense griper, simple past grep or greip, past participle grepet, present participle gripende)

  1. to grab, grasp, grip
  2. to seize (grab, capture).
  3. to seize (take advantage of an opportunity).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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gripe (present tense grip, past tense greip, past participle gripe, passive infinitive gripast, present participle gripande, imperative grip)

  1. Alternative form of gripa

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Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *gripi, from Proto-Germanic *gripiz. Cognate with Old High German *grif (in hantgrif, etc.; > modern German Griff), Old Norse gripr.

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Noun

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gripe m

  1. grip, clutch, grasp
  2. costliness, preciousness
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • grīpe: IPA(key): /ˈɡriː.pe/
  • gripe: IPA(key): /ˈɡri.pe/

Verb

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grīpe

  1. inflection of grīpan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

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gripe

  1. inflection of grīpan:
    1. second-person singular past indicative
    2. singular past subjunctive

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From French grippe.

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Noun

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gripe f (plural gripes)

  1. the flu, influenza
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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gripe

  1. inflection of gripar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Noun

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gripe f pl

  1. inflection of gripă:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾipe/ [ˈɡɾi.pe]
  • Rhymes: -ipe
  • Syllabification: gri‧pe

Etymology 1

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Borrowed from French grippe, from gripper (to seize), of Germanic origin.

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Noun

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gripe f (plural gripes)

  1. (pathology) flu, influenza
    Synonym: influenza
    Tengo la gripe.I have the flu.
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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gripe

  1. inflection of gripar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian grīpa, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.

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gripe

  1. to grab, to grasp

Inflection

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Strong class 1
infinitive gripe
3rd singular past griep
past participle grepen
infinitive gripe
long infinitive gripen
gerund gripen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular gryp griep
2nd singular grypst griepst
3rd singular grypt griep
plural gripe griepen
imperative gryp
participles gripend grepen
Weak class 1
infinitive gripe
3rd singular past grypte
past participle grypt
infinitive gripe
long infinitive gripen
gerund gripen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular gryp grypte
2nd singular grypst gryptest
3rd singular grypt grypte
plural gripe grypten
imperative gryp
participles gripend grypt

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Further reading

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  • gripe (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011