Word Finder - gripe

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A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.

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A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.

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Grasp; clutch; grip

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That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.

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the gripe of a sword

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A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

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Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.

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the gripe of poverty

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(chiefly in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.

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The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.

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The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.

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An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.

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A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.

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To complain; to whine.

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To annoy or bother.

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What's griping you?

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To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.

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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.

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To suffer griping pains.

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To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).

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To seize or grasp.

My only gripe with the space battles is that there is no training at all to prepare you for it.

I have a gripe about family rooms in pubs.

The only gripe is that there is little control of the view.

You want to be dominated but still gripe about it.

That is one gripe about TFT screens, you must run them at their native res or there will be a noticable quality loss.

The only gripe is that the regular characters you will encounter on the streets look very flat and have little expression.

The only gripe I have about the graphics is that sometimes the camera view can be a little temperamental during some crucial situations.

My gripe is with the dealers who just want to make a huge profit without regard for the welfare of the animals.

Not sure what Bats ' gripe is with Hollings, as my knowledge of local American politics is somewhat scanty.

How to buy Yourself all The Largo you gripe By dangling a carrot.

In fact, our only major gripe would be a sometimes erratic camera.

I have however, one minor, tiny little gripe, directed mainly at the media.

My only gripe about the article; my picture should have been larger than Nadine's!

My main gripe is the absence of two- player levels.

The major gripe I have with them is they do not pay " on.. .

This is a gripe site and most people like to gripe site and most people like to gripe at you.

Well, I'll get my one and only gripe out of the way now.

Q. Why ca n't gripe water be given to babies under a month old?

My biggest gripe in Socom 3 has to be the A.I.

He might complain and gripe a bit when he sees you in three-inch heels when you are only going out to the movies, but secretly he'll feel proud that he snagged such a great catch!

My real gripe is against the hot air hand drier.

The only gripe I have about the video is that there is no control over the view.

One gripe that I do have is that while the video game renders are highly detailed, each player seems to have a strange glow or "aura" about them.

The biggest gripe most people will have is with game saves.

If you played Molyneux's last game, Black & White, you shouldn't be surprised that my only real technical gripe comes from all of the glitches they left in this game when they put it on the shelves.

Camera view is not that great (a familiar gripe I seem to have these days), making it difficult to see some important things.

If you played the other games and your only real gripe was that even after beating the game, you had no clue as to what was happening, this game does seem to divulge the most story to date for the average player.