How do you spell Griping
Available Definitions:
1) n. - A vulture; the griffin.
2) v. t. - To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
3) v. t. - To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
4) v. t. - 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) v. i. - To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
6) v. i. - To suffer griping pains.
7) v. i. - To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.
8) n. - Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
9) n. - That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.
10) n. - A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
11) n. - Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
12) n. - Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
13) n. - The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
14) n. - The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
15) n. - An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.
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