gripe

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Verb

1. (informal) To complain; to whine.
2. (informal) To annoy or bother.
3. To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
4. (obsolete) 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. To suffer griping pains.
6. (obsolete) To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
7. To seize or grasp.

Noun

1. A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
2. 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.
5. A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
6. (obsolete) Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.
7. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
8. The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
9. The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
10. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.

Noun

Alternative form of grype

Konzepte

ergreifen

Griff

murren

Meckerei

Greinen

Klage

Beschwerde

Synonyme

complain

grumble

bitch

grouse

whine

beef

handle

squawk

grasp

seize

bellyache

complaint

haft

grizzle

grievance

colic

kick

bleat

grouch

moan

catch

clench

holler

keep down

dissatisfaction

crab

🦀

clutch

whinge

groan

afflict

snivel

clasp

grip

squeeze

rape

ravish

rifle

scrounge

seizure

shaft

snap

snatch

spoil

stomach ache

strangulate

strangulation

tighten

tightening

wailing

whimper

whining

mulligrubs

nit-pick

sharp pain

blubber out

tear from

appeal

beefing

bite

blubber

carp

clamp

🗜️

clinch

clip

constrict

constriction

control

cramp

criticize

distress

enfold

fuss

grapple

handgrip

handhold

helve

hilt

hold on

kvetch

lament

nab

nag

niggle

oppress

pinch

plaint

poach

quibble

rant

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɡɹaɪp/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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.