Found 3 items, similar to Gripe.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: gripe berungut, gerutuan, keluhan, merongseng
English → English (WordNet) Definition: gripe gripe n : informal terms for objecting; “I have a gripe about the service here” [syn: kick, beef, bitch, squawk] v : complain; “What was he hollering about?” [syn: grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Gripe Gripe \Gripe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Griped; p. pr. & vb. n. Griping.] [AS. gripan; akin to D. grijpen, G. greifen, OHG. gr?fan, Icel. gripa, Sw. gripe, Dan. gribe, Goth. greipan; cf. Lith. graibyti, Russ. grabite to plunder, Skr. grah, grabh, to seize. Cf. Grip, v. t., Grope.] [1913 Webster] 1. To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch. [1913 Webster] 2. To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely. [1913 Webster] Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure ? --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] How inly sorrow gripes his soul. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Gripe \Gripe\, v. i. 1. To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe. [1913 Webster] 2. To suffer griping pains. --Jocke. [1913 Webster] 3. (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. 2. to complain [PJC] Gripe \Gripe\, n. [See Grype.] (Zo["o]l.) A vulture; the griffin. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Gripe's egg, an alchemist's vessel. [Obs.] --E. Jonson. [1913 Webster] Gripe \Gripe\, n. 1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch. [1913 Webster] A barren scepter in my gripe. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mech.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel. [1913 Webster] 4. Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty. [1913 Webster] 5. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural. [1913 Webster] 6. (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. [1913 Webster] Gripe penny, a miser; a niggard. --D. L. Mackenzie. [1913 Webster]