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Definition gripe

Etymology

From Middle English gripen, from Old English gr?pan, from Proto-Germanic *gr?pan?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?reyb- (�to grab, grasp�). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Swedish gripa. See also grip, grope.

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.
(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.
(intransitive) To suffer griping pains.
(obsolete, intransitive) To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
(archaic, transitive) To seize or grasp.

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
(obsolete) That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.
(engineering, dated) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
(obsolete) Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.
(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.
(obsolete) A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.

Results 375 Words with the letters GRIPE

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9 letter words with the letters GRIPE ↑

APPEARING 18

ARPEGGIOS 16

ASPERSING 15

BAGPIPERS 20

BEDRAPING 19

BEDSPRING 19

BUMPERING 22

CARPETING 18

CIPHERING 20

COMPERING 21

COOPERING 18

COPPERING 21

CYPHERING 22

DEPARTING 16

DEPERMING 19

DEPLORING 17

DEPORTING 16

DEPRAVING 20

DEPRIVING 20

DIAPERING 16

DISPARAGE 15

EPIGRAPHS 19

EPIGRAPHY 21

EPIPHRAGM 22

ESCARPING 18

EXPERTING 22

EXPLORING 23

EXPORTING 22

FINGERTIP 18

FIREPLUGS 19

GEOTROPIC 17

GLIMPSERS 18

GOSSIPERS 14

GRAPELIKE 19

GRAPERIES 14

GRAPEVINE 19

GRAPHEMIC 22

GRAPHITES 16

GRAPINESS 15

GRAPLINES 16

GRIPPIEST 17

GRUMPHIES 20

GRUMPIEST 18

HAMPERING 20

IDEOGRAPH 17

IMPINGERS 18

IMPREGNED 19

IMPUGNERS 19

KIPPERING 22

LAPPERING 19

LIPPERING 19

LOPPERING 19

OPERATING 15

PAGANIZER 24

PALTERING 16

PAMPERING 21

PANDERING 17

PANEGYRIC 20

PARCELING 19

PAREGORIC 17

PARENTING 16

PARGETING 17

PARGYLINE 18

PARLEYING 18

PARRIDGES 15

PARTRIDGE 15

PATTERING 15

PAUPERING 19

PEDIGREED 16

PEDIGREES 15

PEIGNOIRS 15

PELLAGRIN 17

PELTERING 16

PEPPERING 21

PERDURING 17

PEREGRINE 15

PEREGRINS 15

PERFUMING 22

PERFUSING 19

PERILLING 17

PERISHING 17

PERJURING 25

PERMUTING 19

PERVADING 20

PESTERING 15

PHLEGMIER 20

PIEROGIES 14

PIGGERIES 16

PILFERAGE 18

PILFERING 19

PILLAGERS 16

PITTERING 15

PLIGHTERS 17

PONDERING 17

PORRIDGES 15

PORRINGER 15

PORTERING 15

POTHERING 17

POTTERING 15

POWDERING 19

PREACHING 20

PREACTING 18

PREARMING 18

PREASSIGN 15

PREBAKING 22

PRECEDING 19

PRECISING 18

PRECODING 19

PRECURING 19

PREDATING 16

PREDIGEST 15

PREFACING 21

PREFADING 19

PREFIGURE 18

PREFILING 19

PREFIRING 18

PREFIXING 25

PREFLIGHT 20

PREHIRING 17

PRELUDING 18

PREMISING 18

PREMIXING 25

PREPARING 18

PREPAYING 20

PRESAGING 17

PRESIDING 16

PRESSINGS 15

PRESTIGES 14

PRESUMING 19

PRETAPING 18

PRETTYING 17

PRETYPING 20

PREVISING 19

PRIESTING 15

PRIVILEGE 19

PRODIGIES 15

PROGENIES 15

PROGERIAS 14

PROGESTIN 15

PROLOGIZE 24

PTERYGIUM 20

PTERYGOID 17

PUCKERING 23

PURGATIVE 19

PURVEYING 22

PUTTERING 16

PYROGENIC 20

RAGPICKER 21

RAPPELING 19

RECAPPING 21

RECOPYING 20

RECOUPING 19

REDIPPING 19

RELAPSING 16

REMAPPING 21

REOPENING 16

REPACKING 22

REPAIRING 15

REPARKING 19

REPASSING 15

REPASTING 15

REPEALING 16

REPEATING 15

REPEGGING 19

REPELLING 17

REPENTING 16

REPERKING 19

REPINNING 17

REPLACING 19

REPLATING 16

REPLAYING 18

REPOLLING 17

REPORTING 15

REPOTTING 15

REPOURING 16

REPRICING 18

REPRISING 15

REPROBING 18

REPROVING 19

REPUGNING 19

REPULSING 17

REPUMPING 22

RESHAPING 17

RESPACING 18

RESPADING 16

RESPIRING 15

RESPITING 15

RESPRINGS 15

REVAMPING 22

RIDGEPOLE 16

SCEPTRING 18

SEMIGROUP 18

SERIGRAPH 16

SERPIGOES 14

SIMPERING 18

SPANGLIER 16

SPEERINGS 15

SPLURGIER 16

SPREADING 16

SPRIGGERS 16

SPRIGGIER 16

SPRINGERS 15

SPRINGIER 15

SYPHERING 19

TAMPERING 18

TEMPERING 18

THREAPING 17

THREEPING 17

TIGHTROPE 16

TRAPESING 15

UMPIRAGES 18

UPBEARING 19

UPREARING 16

UPRIGHTED 18

UPTEARING 16

ZIPPERING 27

8 letter words with the letters GRIPE ↑

ARPEGGIO 15

BAGPIPER 19

CAPERING 17

CREEPING 17

EPIGRAMS 16

EPIGRAPH 18

ERUPTING 15

EXPIRING 21

FIREPLUG 18

GARPIKES 17

GLIMPSER 17

GLUMPIER 18

GOSSIPER 13

GRAPHITE 15

GRAPIEST 13

GRAPLINE 15

GRIPIEST 13

GRIPPERS 16

GRIPPIER 16

GROUPIES 14

GRUMPHIE 19

GRUMPIER 17

GUIPURES 15

IMPINGER 17

IMPREGNS 17

IMPUGNER 18

PAPERING 17

PARRIDGE 14

PEARLING 15

PEDIGREE 14

PEIGNOIR 14

PERCHING 19

PEREGRIN 14

PERIGEAL 14

PERIGEAN 14

PERIGEES 13

PERIGONS 14

PERIGYNY 18

PERILING 15

PERIWIGS 16

PERUSING 15

PETERING 14

PIERCING 17

PILLAGER 15

PIROGIES 13

PIROGUES 14

PLIGHTER 16

PORRIDGE 14

POWERING 17

PREENING 15

PREFIGHT 18

PREPPING 20

PRESSING 14

PRESTIGE 13

PREVUING 19

PRIGGERY 17

PRIMAGES 16

PROGERIA 13

PTERYGIA 15

PUGGRIES 16

PUREEING 15

REPAVING 18

REPAYING 16

REPINING 15

REPLYING 17

REPOSING 14

REPUTING 15

RESPRING 14

RETAPING 14

RETYPING 16

RIPENING 15

SPEARING 14

SPEERING 14

SPEIRING 14

SPHERING 16

SPIERING 14

SPONGIER 14

SPRIGGED 16

SPRIGGER 15

SPRINGED 15

SPRINGER 14

SPRINGES 14

SUPERING 15

TAPERING 14

UMPIRAGE 17

UPGIRDED 16

7 letter words with the letters GRIPE ↑

CREPING 16

EPIGRAM 15

GAPPIER 15

GARPIKE 16

GIMPIER 15

GIPPERS 15

GOOPIER 12

GRAPIER 12

GRIPERS 12

GRIPIER 12

GRIPMEN 16

GRIPPED 16

GRIPPER 15

GRIPPES 15

GRIPPLE 16

GROUPIE 13

GUIPURE 14

GULPIER 14

IMPREGN 16

PEERING 13

PERIGEE 12

PERIGON 13

PERIWIG 15

PERKING 17

PERMING 16

PIEROGI 12

PIGGERY 16

PIGGIER 14

PINGERS 13

PIROGEN 13

PIROGUE 13

PODGIER 13

PORGIES 12

PREEING 13

PREYING 15

PRIGGED 15

PRIMAGE 15

PUDGIER 14

PUGGIER 15

REAPING 13

SERPIGO 12

SPRINGE 13

6 letter words with the letters GRIPE ↑

GIPPER 14

GRIPED 12

GRIPER 11

GRIPES 11

GRIPEY 13

GRIPPE 14

PINGER 12

5 letter words with the letters GRIPE ↑

GRIPE 10

4 letter words with the letters GRIPE ↑

GRIP 9

PERI 7

PIER 7

PRIG 9

RIPE 7

3 letter words with the letters GRIPE ↑

ERG 5

GIE 5

GIP 8

IRE 3

PEG 8

PER 6

PIE 6

PIG 8

REG 5

REI 3

REP 6

RIG 5

RIP 6

2 letter words with the letters GRIPE ↑

ER 2

GI 4

PE 5

PI 5

RE 2

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