"gripe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɹaɪp/ Audio: en-us-gripe.ogg [US] Forms: gripes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪp Etymology: From Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Swedish gripa. See also grip, grope. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰreyb-}}, {{inh|en|enm|gripen}} Middle English gripen, {{inh|en|ang|grīpan}} Old English grīpan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*grīpaną}} Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰreyb-||to grab, grasp}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”), {{cog|fy|gripe}} West Frisian gripe, {{cog|nds|griepen}} Low German griepen, {{cog|nl|grijpen}} Dutch grijpen, {{cog|de|greifen}} German greifen, {{cog|da|gribe}} Danish gribe, {{cog|sv|gripa}} Swedish gripa, {{m|en|grip}} grip, {{m|en|grope}} grope Head templates: {{en-noun}} gripe (plural gripes)
  1. A complaint, often a petty or trivial one. Translations (complaint; petty concern): оплакване (oplakvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), clam [masculine] (Catalan), queixa [feminine] (Catalan), klacht (Dutch), narina (Finnish), marina (english: complaint) (Finnish), huoli (english: concern) (Finnish), clamhsán [masculine] (Irish), жа́лоба (žáloba) [feminine] (Russian), queja [feminine] (Spanish), gimoteo (english: complaint) [masculine] (Spanish), nimiedad (english: petty concern) [feminine] (Spanish), cwyn [feminine, masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-noun-a3Ddxoc- Disambiguation of 'complaint; petty concern': 63 5 4 2 12 5 2 1 2 3
  2. (nautical) A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems. Categories (topical): Nautical Categories (lifeform): Vultures Translations (nautical: wire rope): vaijeri (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-noun-4yIjk~M~ Disambiguation of Vultures: 3 20 4 7 5 3 7 5 4 7 2 3 3 13 6 2 2 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 25 1 8 8 2 7 6 4 8 1 1 1 16 6 1 1 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 24 2 6 9 3 6 5 4 6 2 2 1 14 7 2 1 2 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'nautical: wire rope': 1 67 1 4 3 1 4 6 4 8
  3. (obsolete) Grasp; clutch; grip. Tags: obsolete Translations (grasp, clutch, grip): хващане (hvaštane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), улавяне (ulavjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ote (Finnish), схва́тывание (sxvátyvanije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-noun-inc7sSJi Disambiguation of 'grasp, clutch, grip': 0 1 85 9 3 1 1 0 0 1
  4. (obsolete) That which is grasped; a handle; a grip. Tags: obsolete Translations (that which is grasped): kahva (Finnish), kädensija (Finnish), Griff [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-noun-krjWCI1B Disambiguation of 'that which is grasped': 0 9 13 64 3 1 3 2 2 3
  5. (engineering, dated) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Engineering Translations (engineering: device for grasping or holding anything): закопчалка (zakopčalka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kahva (Finnish), зажи́м (zažím) [masculine] (Russian), тиски́ (tiskí) (english: vise) [masculine, plural] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-noun--PdYxZcD Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'engineering: device for grasping or holding anything': 1 3 10 1 77 2 1 1 2 2
  6. (obsolete) Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress. Tags: obsolete Translations (pinching distress): puristus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-noun-pMol1ggc Disambiguation of 'pinching distress': 2 2 3 1 2 74 10 1 2 2
  7. (chiefly in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines. Tags: in-plural Translations (pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines): στρόφος (stróphos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), колики (koliki) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), mahanpurut [plural] (Finnish), vatsanpurut [plural] (Finnish), koliikki (Finnish), резь (rezʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ко́лики (kóliki) [feminine, plural] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-noun-Ed-WwsNX Disambiguation of 'pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines': 0 5 1 2 1 4 81 1 1 3
  8. (nautical) The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-noun-S7qRavUZ Topics: nautical, transport
  9. (nautical) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-noun-UxF~KWlB Topics: nautical, transport
  10. (nautical) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-noun--gAmN0rm Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gripe water
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: gripes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gripe (plural gripes)
  1. Alternative form of grype Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: grype
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-noun-Nt04eay3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ɡɹaɪp/ Audio: en-us-gripe.ogg [US] Forms: gripes [present, singular, third-person], griping [participle, present], griped [past], grope [obsolete, past], griped [participle, past], gripen [obsolete, participle, past]
Rhymes: -aɪp Etymology: From Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Swedish gripa. See also grip, grope. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰreyb-}}, {{inh|en|enm|gripen}} Middle English gripen, {{inh|en|ang|grīpan}} Old English grīpan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*grīpaną}} Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰreyb-||to grab, grasp}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”), {{cog|fy|gripe}} West Frisian gripe, {{cog|nds|griepen}} Low German griepen, {{cog|nl|grijpen}} Dutch grijpen, {{cog|de|greifen}} German greifen, {{cog|da|gribe}} Danish gribe, {{cog|sv|gripa}} Swedish gripa, {{m|en|grip}} grip, {{m|en|grope}} grope Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=grope|past2_qual=obsolete|past_ptc3=gripen|past_ptc3_qual=obsolete}} gripe (third-person singular simple present gripes, present participle griping, simple past griped or (obsolete) grope, past participle griped or (obsolete) gripen)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To complain; to whine. Tags: informal, intransitive Synonyms (complain): bitch [vulgar], complain, whine, whinge Translations (to complain; to whine): ruikuttaa (Finnish), marmattaa (Finnish), marista (Finnish), se plaindre (French), maulen (German), meckern (German), жа́ловаться (žálovatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), quejarse (Spanish), gimotear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-verb-Vr8XoABT Disambiguation of 'complain': 89 4 2 2 2 1 1 Disambiguation of 'to complain; to whine': 93 2 1 1 1 1 1
  2. (transitive, informal) To annoy or bother. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-verb-jBmbTiBr
  3. (nautical) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-verb-V2lJP6u4 Topics: nautical, transport
  4. (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. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-verb-GqtmO~tD
  5. (intransitive, now archaic except in passive) To suffer griping pains. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Pain
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-verb-xm-Xvhyl Disambiguation of Pain: 2 10 2 3 3 6 11 2 2 4 2 1 2 8 10 28 1 1
  6. (obsolete, intransitive) To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something). Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-verb-0XWvddx1
  7. (archaic, transitive) To seize or grasp. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-gripe-en-verb-T9dpC1q1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: begripe
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in AV Club",
          "text": "In “Treehouse Of Horror” episodes, the rules aren’t just different—they don’t even exist. If writers want Homer to kill Flanders or for a segment to end with a marriage between a woman and a giant ape, they can do so without worrying about continuity or consistency or fans griping that the gang is behaving out of character.",
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          "sense": "complaint; petty concern",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "clamhsán"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "queja"
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "gimoteo"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "nimiedad"
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            "masculine"
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          "ref": "1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, section I",
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          "ref": "1833, Mary Shelley, The Mortal Immortal",
          "text": "I started — I dropped the glass — the fluid flamed and glanced along the floor, while I felt Cornelius's gripe at my throat, as he shrieked aloud, \"Wretch! you have destroyed the labour of my life!\"",
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        "(obsolete) Grasp; clutch; grip."
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          "_dis1": "0 1 85 9 3 1 1 0 0 1",
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          "word": "ote"
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          "text": "the gripe of a sword"
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        "(obsolete) That which is grasped; a handle; a grip."
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          "word": "kädensija"
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        "(engineering, dated) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel."
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          "_dis1": "1 3 10 1 77 2 1 1 2 2",
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          "roman": "zakopčalka",
          "sense": "engineering: device for grasping or holding anything",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "_dis1": "1 3 10 1 77 2 1 1 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "zažím",
          "sense": "engineering: device for grasping or holding anything",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "зажи́м"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 3 10 1 77 2 1 1 2 2",
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          "roman": "tiskí",
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          "text": "the gripe of poverty",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1785, William Cowper, “The Garden”, in The Task, a Poem, in Six Books. By William Cowper […] To which are Added, by the Same Author, An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools, and The History of John Gilpin, London: Printed for J[oseph] Johnson, No. 72 St. Paul's Church-Yard, OCLC 221351486; republished as The Task. A Poem. In Six Books. To which is Added, Tirocinium: or, A Review of Schools, new edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Printed for Thomas Dobson, bookseller, in Second-street, second door above Chestnut-street, 1787, OCLC 23630717, page 87",
          "text": "'Tis the cruel gripe, / That lean hard-handed poverty inflicts, / The hope of better things, the chance to win, / The wiſh to ſhine, the thirſt to be amus'd, / That at the found of Winter's hoary wing, / Unpeople all our counties, of ſuch herds, / Of flutt'ring, loit'ring, cringing, begging, looſe, / And wanton vagrants, as make London, vaſt / And boundless as it is, a crowded coop."
        }
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        "Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress."
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        "(obsolete) Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress."
      ],
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          "word": "puristus"
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        "(chiefly in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines."
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          "_dis1": "0 5 1 2 1 4 81 1 1 3",
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          "_dis1": "0 5 1 2 1 4 81 1 1 3",
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      "expansion": "Old English grīpan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*grīpaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *grīpaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʰreyb-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to grab, grasp"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "gripe"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian gripe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "griepen"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German griepen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "grijpen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch grijpen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "greifen"
      },
      "expansion": "German greifen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gribe"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish gribe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gripa"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish gripa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grip"
      },
      "expansion": "grip",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grope"
      },
      "expansion": "grope",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Swedish gripa. See also grip, grope.",
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    {
      "form": "gripes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "griping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "griped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grope",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "griped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gripen",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "past2": "grope",
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        "past_ptc3_qual": "obsolete"
      },
      "expansion": "gripe (third-person singular simple present gripes, present participle griping, simple past griped or (obsolete) grope, past participle griped or (obsolete) gripen)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in AV Club",
          "text": "In “Treehouse Of Horror” episodes, the rules aren’t just different—they don’t even exist. If writers want Homer to kill Flanders or for a segment to end with a marriage between a woman and a giant ape, they can do so without worrying about continuity or consistency or fans griping that the gang is behaving out of character.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To complain; to whine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "complain",
          "complain"
        ],
        [
          "whine",
          "whine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, informal) To complain; to whine."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What's griping you?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To annoy or bother."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "annoy",
          "annoy"
        ],
        [
          "bother",
          "bother"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To annoy or bother."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "close-hauled",
          "close-hauled"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pinch",
          "pinch"
        ],
        [
          "distress",
          "distress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To suffer griping pains."
      ],
      "qualifier": "now archaic except in passive",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, now archaic except in passive) To suffer griping pains."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grab",
          "grab"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, intransitive) To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To seize or grasp."
      ],
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        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "grasp",
          "grasp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, transitive) To seize or grasp."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɹaɪp/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪp"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-gripe.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/En-us-gripe.ogg/En-us-gripe.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/En-us-gripe.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    {
      "sense": "complain",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "bitch"
    },
    {
      "sense": "complain",
      "word": "complain"
    },
    {
      "sense": "complain",
      "word": "whine"
    },
    {
      "sense": "complain",
      "word": "whinge"
    }
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to complain; to whine",
      "word": "ruikuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to complain; to whine",
      "word": "marmattaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to complain; to whine",
      "word": "marista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to complain; to whine",
      "word": "se plaindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to complain; to whine",
      "word": "maulen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to complain; to whine",
      "word": "meckern"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žálovatʹsja",
      "sense": "to complain; to whine",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "жа́ловаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to complain; to whine",
      "word": "quejarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to complain; to whine",
      "word": "gimotear"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gripe"
}

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      "word": "gripe water"
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      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gripe"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian gripe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "griepen"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German griepen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "grijpen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch grijpen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "greifen"
      },
      "expansion": "German greifen",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gribe"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish gribe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gripa"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish gripa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "grip",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grope"
      },
      "expansion": "grope",
      "name": "m"
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "gripes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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      "args": {},
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A complaint, often a petty or trivial one."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "complaint",
          "complaint"
        ],
        [
          "petty",
          "petty"
        ],
        [
          "trivial",
          "trivial"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "davit",
          "davit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, section I",
          "text": "The young peasant […] disengaged himself from Manfred's gripe […].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1833, Mary Shelley, The Mortal Immortal",
          "text": "I started — I dropped the glass — the fluid flamed and glanced along the floor, while I felt Cornelius's gripe at my throat, as he shrieked aloud, \"Wretch! you have destroyed the labour of my life!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Grasp; clutch; grip."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Grasp",
          "grasp"
        ],
        [
          "clutch",
          "clutch"
        ],
        [
          "grip",
          "grip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Grasp; clutch; grip."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the gripe of a sword"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That which is grasped; a handle; a grip."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "handle",
          "handle"
        ],
        [
          "grip",
          "grip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) That which is grasped; a handle; a grip."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "en:Engineering"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "engineering",
          "engineering#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "brake",
          "brake"
        ],
        [
          "wheel",
          "wheel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(engineering, dated) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the gripe of poverty",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1785, William Cowper, “The Garden”, in The Task, a Poem, in Six Books. By William Cowper […] To which are Added, by the Same Author, An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools, and The History of John Gilpin, London: Printed for J[oseph] Johnson, No. 72 St. Paul's Church-Yard, OCLC 221351486; republished as The Task. A Poem. In Six Books. To which is Added, Tirocinium: or, A Review of Schools, new edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Printed for Thomas Dobson, bookseller, in Second-street, second door above Chestnut-street, 1787, OCLC 23630717, page 87",
          "text": "'Tis the cruel gripe, / That lean hard-handed poverty inflicts, / The hope of better things, the chance to win, / The wiſh to ſhine, the thirſt to be amus'd, / That at the found of Winter's hoary wing, / Unpeople all our counties, of ſuch herds, / Of flutt'ring, loit'ring, cringing, begging, looſe, / And wanton vagrants, as make London, vaſt / And boundless as it is, a crowded coop."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Oppression",
          "oppression"
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          "exaction",
          "exaction"
        ],
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          "affliction"
        ],
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          "pinching"
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        [
          "distress",
          "distress"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "timber",
          "timber"
        ],
        [
          "keel",
          "keel"
        ],
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          "fore",
          "fore"
        ],
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          "forefoot",
          "forefoot"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "compass",
          "compass"
        ],
        [
          "stern",
          "stern"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɹaɪp/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪp"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-gripe.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/En-us-gripe.ogg/En-us-gripe.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/En-us-gripe.ogg",
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oplakvane",
      "sense": "complaint; petty concern",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "оплакване"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "complaint; petty concern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "complaint; petty concern",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "queixa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "complaint; petty concern",
      "word": "klacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "complaint; petty concern",
      "word": "narina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "complaint",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "complaint; petty concern",
      "word": "marina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "concern",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "complaint; petty concern",
      "word": "huoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "complaint; petty concern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clamhsán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žáloba",
      "sense": "complaint; petty concern",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жа́лоба"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "complaint; petty concern",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "queja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "complaint",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "complaint; petty concern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gimoteo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "petty concern",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "complaint; petty concern",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nimiedad"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "complaint; petty concern",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cwyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: wire rope",
      "word": "vaijeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hvaštane",
      "sense": "grasp, clutch, grip",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "хващане"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ulavjane",
      "sense": "grasp, clutch, grip",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "улавяне"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "grasp, clutch, grip",
      "word": "ote"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxvátyvanije",
      "sense": "grasp, clutch, grip",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "схва́тывание"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which is grasped",
      "word": "kahva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which is grasped",
      "word": "kädensija"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which is grasped",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Griff"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zakopčalka",
      "sense": "engineering: device for grasping or holding anything",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "закопчалка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "engineering: device for grasping or holding anything",
      "word": "kahva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zažím",
      "sense": "engineering: device for grasping or holding anything",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зажи́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "vise",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tiskí",
      "sense": "engineering: device for grasping or holding anything",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "тиски́"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pinching distress",
      "word": "puristus"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "koliki",
      "sense": "pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "колики"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "mahanpurut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "vatsanpurut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines",
      "word": "koliikki"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "stróphos",
      "sense": "pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "στρόφος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rezʹ",
      "sense": "pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "резь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kóliki",
      "sense": "pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ко́лики"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gripe"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "en:Pain",
    "en:Vultures"
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "word": "grype"
        }
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        "Alternative form of grype"
      ],
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          "grype",
          "grype#English"
        ]
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        "alternative"
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}

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