gripe

/ɡɹʌɪp//ɡɹaɪp/

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
Grasp; clutch; grip
4
That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.
“the gripe of a sword”
5
A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
6
Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.
“the gripe of poverty”
7
(chiefly in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
8
The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
9
The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
10
An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
11
A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.

1
To complain; to whine.
2
To annoy or bother.
“What's griping you?”
3
To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
4
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
To suffer griping pains.
6
To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
7
To seize or grasp.

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