gripe
English
Etymology
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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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Verb
gripe (third-person singular simple present gripes, present participle griping, simple past griped or (obsolete) grope, past participle griped or (obsolete) gripen)
- (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.
- (nautical) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
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- (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.
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- How inly sorrow gripes his soul.
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- (intransitive) To suffer griping pains.
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- (obsolete, intransitive) To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
- (archaic, transitive) To seize or grasp.
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Noun
gripe (plural gripes)
- A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
- (nautical) A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
- (obsolete) grasp; clutch; grip
- (Can we date this quote by William Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- A barren sceptre in my gripe.
- 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, I:
- The young peasant […] disengaged himself from Manfred's gripe […].
- (Can we date this quote by Mary Shelley and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?), The Mortal Immortal
- I started — I dropped the glass — the fluid flamed and glanced along the floor, while I felt Cornelius's gripe at my throat, as he shrieked aloud, "Wretch! you have destroyed the labour of my life!"
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- (obsolete) That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.
- the gripe of a sword
- (engineering, dated) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
- (obsolete) Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.
- the gripe of poverty
- 1785, William Cowper, “The Garden”, in The Task, a Poem, in Six Books. By William Cowper […] To which are Added, by the Same Author, An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools, and The History of John Gilpin, London: Printed for J[oseph] Johnson, No. 72 St. Paul's Church-Yard, OCLC 221351486; republished as The Task. A Poem. In Six Books. To which is Added, Tirocinium: or, A Review of Schools, new edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Printed for Thomas Dobson, bookseller, in Second-street, second door above Chestnut-street, 1787, OCLC 23630717, page 87:
- 'Tis the cruel gripe, / That lean hard-handed poverty inflicts, / The hope of better things, the chance to win, / The wiſh to ſhine, the thirſt to be amus'd, / That at the found of Winter's hoary wing, / Unpeople all our counties, of ſuch herds, / Of flutt'ring, loit'ring, cringing, begging, looſe, / And wanton vagrants, as make London, vaſt / And boundless as it is, a crowded coop.
- (chiefly in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
- (nautical) The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
- (nautical) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
- (nautical) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
- (obsolete) A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.
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- Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws.
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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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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English grīpan.
Verb
gripe
- Alternative form of gripen
Etymology 2
From Old English gripe, from Proto-Germanic *gripiz.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
gripe (plural grippes or gripen)
- Gripping, taking, or grabbing; taking with one's hand.
- (rare) A small group or collection of things.
- (rare) An assailing; an offensive strike.
Descendants
References
- “grip(e (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-22.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Old French gripe, from Latin gryps, grȳphus, from Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ (grū́ps).
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Pronunciation
Noun
gripe (plural gripes)
- A griffin (mythological beast; also in heraldry).
- A vulture (compare modern English griffon vulture).
Descendants
- English: grip (obsolete)
References
- “grī̆p(e (n.(3))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-22.
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian gripa, which derives from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.
Verb
gripe
Conjugation
infinitive I | gripe | ||
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infinitive II | tu gripen | ||
infinitive III | än grip | ||
past participle | gram | ||
imperative | grip | ||
present | past | ||
1st-person singular | ik grip | ik griip | |
2nd-person singular | dü grapst | dü griipst | |
3rd-person singular | hi/jü/et grapt | hi/jü/et griip | |
1st-person dual | wat bååge | wat griipen | |
2nd-person dual | jat bååge | jat griipen | |
1st-person plural | we bååge | we griipen | |
2nd-person plural | jam bååge | jam griipen | |
3rd-person plural | ja bååge | ja griipen | |
perfect | pluperfect | ||
1st-person singular | ik hääw gram | ik häi gram | |
2nd-person singular | dü hääst gram | dü häist gram | |
3rd-person singular | hi/jü/et heet gram | hi/jü/et häi gram | |
1st-person dual | wat hääwe gram | wat häin gram | |
2nd-person dual | jat hääwe gram | jat häin gram | |
1st-person plural | we hääwe gram | we häin gram | |
2nd-person plural | jam hääwe gram | jam häin gram | |
3rd-person plural | ja hääwe gram | ja häin gram | |
future | |||
1st-person singular | ik wård gripe | ||
2nd-person singular | dü wårst gripe | ||
3rd-person singular | hi/jü/et wårt gripe | ||
1st-person dual | wat wårde gripe | ||
2nd-person dual | jat wårde gripe | ||
1st-person plural | we wårde gripe | ||
2nd-person plural | jam wårde gripe | ||
3rd-person plural | ja wårde gripe |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
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
gripe (imperative grip, present tense griper, simple past grep or greip, past participle grepet, present participle gripende)
Derived terms
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References
- “gripe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Verb
gripe (present tense grip, past tense greip, past participle gripe, passive infinitive gripast, present participle gripande, imperative grip)
- Alternative form of gripa
Derived terms
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *gripiz. Cognate with Old High German grif- (German Griff), Old Norse gripr.
Pronunciation
Noun
gripe m (nominative plural gripe or gripas)
Declension
Descendants
- English: grip
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
grīpe
- inflection of grīpan:
Verb
gripe
- inflection of grīpan:
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- grippe (obsolete)
Noun
gripe f (plural gripes)
Verb
gripe
Spanish
Alternative forms
- gripa (Colombia, Mexico)
Etymology
Borrowed from French grippe, from gripper (“to seize”), of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
gripe f (plural gripes)
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Further reading
- “gripe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian grīpa, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.
Verb
gripe
Inflection
Strong class 1 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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
- “gripe (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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