Definitions
1.nounA complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
2.nounA wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
3.nounGrasp; clutch; grip
4.nounThat which is grasped; a handle; a grip."the gripe of a sword"
5.nounA device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
6.nounOppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress."the gripe of poverty"
7.noun(chiefly in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
8.nounThe piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
9.nounThe compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
10.nounAn assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
11.nounA vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.
12.verbTo complain; to whine.
13.verbTo annoy or bother."What's griping you?"
14.verbTo tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
15.verbTo pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.
16.verbTo suffer griping pains.
17.verbTo make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
18.verbTo seize or grasp.