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English
Etymology 1
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
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: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.
- (transitive, informal) To annoy or bother.
- What's griping you?
- (nautical) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
- (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.
c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :How inly sorrow gripes his soul.
- (intransitive, now archaic except in passive) To suffer griping pains.
- (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.
- (archaic, transitive) To seize or grasp.
1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: , London: [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, , →OCLC:Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure?
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:UUhoſe hands are made to gripe a warlike Lance— / Their ſhoulders broad, for complet armour fit, / Their lims more large and of a bigger ſize / Than all the brats yſprong from Typhons loins:
1667, attributed to Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. , London: R. Norton for T. Garthwait, , →OCLC:Unclutch his griping hand.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
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.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :A barren sceptre in my gripe.
1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, section I:The young peasant […] disengaged himself from Manfred's gripe […].
1833, Mary Shelley, 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!"
- (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 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.
Derived terms
Translations
engineering: device for grasping or holding anything
pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines
nautical: piece of timber that terminates the keel
— see forefoot
nautical: sharpness of a ship's stern
nautical: assemblage to secure the boats when hoisted
Translations to be checked
Etymology 2
Noun
gripe (plural gripes)
- Alternative form of grype
References
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1853. From French grippe
Pronunciation
Noun
gripe m or f (plural gripes)
- (pathology) flu, influenza
- Synonyms: gripallada, gripalleira, gripaxe
Derived terms
References
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English gripe, from Proto-West Germanic *gripi, from Proto-Germanic *gripiz.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrip(ə)/, /ˈɡreːp(ə)/
Noun
gripe (plural grippes or gripen)
- Gripping or grabbing; taking with the hand.
- (rare) A small group or collection of things.
- (rare) An assault or attack.
- (rare) A twinge; a sharp pain.
Related terms
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old French gripe, from Latin gryps, grȳphus, from Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ (grū́ps).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrip(ə)/, /ˈɡriːp(ə)/
Noun
gripe (plural gripes)
- A griffin (mythological beast; also in heraldry).
- A vulture (compare modern English griffon vulture).
Descendants
References
Etymology 3
Verb
gripe
- Alternative form of gripen
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian gripa, which derives from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.
Verb
gripe
- (Mooring) to grab, seize
Conjugation
Mooring conjugation of gripe
infinitive I
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gripe
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infinitive II
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tu gripen
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infinitive III
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än grip
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past participle
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gram
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imperative
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grip
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present
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past
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1st-person singular
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ik grip
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ik griip
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2nd-person singular
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dü grapst
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dü griipst
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3rd-person singular
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hi/jü/et grapt
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hi/jü/et griip
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1st-person dual
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wat bååge
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wat griipen
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2nd-person dual
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jat bååge
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jat griipen
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1st-person plural
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we bååge
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we griipen
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2nd-person plural
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jam bååge
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jam griipen
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3rd-person plural
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ja bååge
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ja griipen
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perfect
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pluperfect
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1st-person singular
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ik hääw gram
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ik häi gram
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2nd-person singular
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dü hääst gram
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dü häist gram
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3rd-person singular
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hi/jü/et heet gram
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hi/jü/et häi gram
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1st-person dual
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wat hääwe gram
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wat häin gram
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2nd-person dual
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jat hääwe gram
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jat häin gram
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1st-person plural
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we hääwe gram
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we häin gram
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2nd-person plural
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jam hääwe gram
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jam häin gram
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3rd-person plural
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ja hääwe gram
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ja häin gram
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future |
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1st-person singular
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ik wård gripe
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2nd-person singular
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dü wårst gripe
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3rd-person singular
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hi/jü/et wårt gripe
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1st-person dual
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wat wårde gripe
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2nd-person dual
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jat wårde gripe
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1st-person plural
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we wårde gripe
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2nd-person plural
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jam wårde gripe
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3rd-person plural
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ja wårde gripe
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
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
gripe (imperative grip, present tense griper, simple past grep or greip, past participle grepet, present participle gripende)
- to grab, grasp, grip
- to seize (grab, capture).
- to seize (take advantage of an opportunity).
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “gripe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “gripe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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)
- grip, clutch, grasp
Declension
Declension of gripe (strong i-stem)
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
grīpe
- inflection of grīpan:
- first-person singular present indicative
- singular present subjunctive
Verb
gripe
- inflection of grīpan:
- second-person singular past indicative
- singular past subjunctive
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From French grippe.
Alternative forms
Noun
gripe f (plural gripes)
- the flu, influenza
Etymology 2
Verb
gripe
- inflection of gripar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
gripe f pl
- inflection of gripă:
- indefinite plural
- indefinite genitive/dative singular
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾipe/
- Rhymes: -ipe
- Syllabification: gri‧pe
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French grippe, from gripper (“to seize”), of Germanic origin.
Alternative forms
Noun
gripe f (plural gripes)
- (pathology) flu, influenza
- Synonym: influenza
- Tengo la gripe. ― I have the flu.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
gripe
- inflection of gripar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
Anagrams
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian grīpa, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
gripe
- to grab, to grasp
Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gripe (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011