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Informal.��to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.

to suffer pain in the bowels.

Nautical.��(of a sailing vessel) to tend to come into the wind; to be ardent.

Informal.��to annoy or irritate.

to produce pain in (the bowels) as if by constriction.

to distress, afflict, or oppress.

Nautical.��to secure (a lifeboat) to a deck or against a pudding boom on davits.

Archaic.��

1. to seize and hold firmly with the hand, claws, etc.; grasp; clutch.

2. to greedily take possession of and hold tightly.

   The miser gripes his money for fear of losing it.

Informal.��a nagging complaint.

Pathology.��Usually gripes. an intermittent spasmodic pain in the bowels.

something that grips or clutches; a claw or grip.

Nautical.��

1. a lashing or chain by which a boat is secured to a deck or in position on davits.

2. Also called gripe piece.��a curved timber connecting the stem or cutwater of a wooden hull with the keel.

3. the exterior angle or curve formed by this piece; forefoot.

4. the forward end of the dished keel of a metal hull.

Archaic.��

1. the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.

2. a firm hold; clutch.

3. mastery; hold; control.

Rare.��a handle, hilt, etc.