English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of gripe

gripe

/noun/ कष्ट; दबाव; पकड़;
/verb/चंगुल में करना; कसकर पकड़ना; कष्ट देना; चिकोटी काटना; पेट दर्द होना; शूल; उदरशूल; पेटदर्द;

Synonym suffering; pressure; hold; grip; pall; pinch; prong; abdominalgia; belly-ache;

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English Dictionary:

1. Gripe

[n.]

- A vulture; the griffin.
- Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
- That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.
- A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
- Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
- Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
- The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
- The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
- 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.

2. Gripe

[v. i.]

- To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
- To suffer griping pains.
- To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.

3. Gripe

[v. t.]

- To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
- To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
- 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.