gripe+or+grip
11gripe — ► VERB 1) informal express a trivial complaint; grumble. 2) affect with stomach or intestinal pain. ► NOUN 1) informal a trivial complaint. 2) pain in the stomach or intestines; colic. ORIGIN Old English, «grasp, clutch»; related to GRIP …
12gripe — [grīp] vt. griped, griping [ME gripen < OE grīpan, to seize, akin to Ger greifen < IE base * ghreib , to grasp, akin to base of GRAB] 1. Archaic a) to grasp; clutch b) to distress; oppress; afflict 2. to cause sudden, sharp pain in the… …
13gripe — , grip a little ditch. N …
14grip — {{11}}grip (n.) fusion of O.E. gripe grasp, clutch and gripa handful, sheaf (see GRIP (Cf. grip) (v.)). Meaning stage hand is from 1888, from their work shifting scenery. {{12}}grip (v.) O.E. grippan to grip, seize, obtain (class I strong verb;… …
15grip — [[t]grɪp[/t]] n. v. gripped, grip•ping 1) the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp 2) the power of gripping: to have a strong grip[/ex] 3) a grasp, hold, or control: in the grip of fear; Get a grip on yourself[/ex] 4) mental or …
16grip — gripless, adj. /grip/, n., v., gripped or gript, gripping. n. 1. the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp. 2. the power of gripping: He has a strong grip. 3. a grasp, hold, or control. 4. mental or intellectual hold: to have a… …
17grip — /grɪp / (say grip) noun 1. the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp: the grip of a vice. 2. the power of gripping. 3. a grasp, hold or control: *Hugo held her hand in an iron grip –martin boyd, 1946. 4. a handle or hilt. 5. a… …
18gripe — griper, n. gripeful, adj. gripingly, adv. /gruyp/, v., griped, griping, n. v.i. 1. Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble. 2. to suffer pain in the bowels. 3. Naut. (of a sailing vessel) to tend to come into the wind; to be ardent …
19grip — [OE] Grip comes from a prehistoric Germanic verb *gripjan, derived from a base *grip . Variants of this base produced gripe [OE] (which originally meant simply ‘grasp’), grope [OE], and possibly also grab. French borrowed it as gripper ‘seize’,… …
20grip — verb (grips, gripping, gripped) 1》 take and keep a firm hold of. 2》 (of an emotion or situation) have a strong or adverse effect on. ↘[often as adjective gripping] hold the attention or interest of. noun 1》 a firm hold. ↘effective control …
