gripe

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (informal, intransitive) To complain; to whine.
2. (informal, transitive) 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, 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.
5. (intransitive) To suffer griping pains.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
7. (archaic, transitive) 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. (dated) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
6. (obsolete) Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.
7. (in-plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.

Noun

Alternative form of grype.

Concepten

beetpakken

gezeur

greep

handvat

klacht

macht

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

lamentela

quejarse

queja

queixa

queritor

agarrar

colica

se plaindre

ergreifen

Griff

plainte

bœuf

🐂

brontolare

gritar

sancılanmak

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɡɹaɪp/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: gripen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: grīpan

Verwant aan Fries: gripe

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: griepen

Verwant aan Nederlands: grijpen

Verwant aan Duits: greifen

Verwant aan Deens: gribe

Verwant aan Zweeds: gripa

In summary

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.