gripe

Definitions

• (intransitive) To complain; to whine.
• (transitive) To annoy or bother.
• (nautical) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
• (obsolete) 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.
• (intransitive) To suffer griping pains.
• (obsolete) To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
• (archaic) To seize or grasp.