Gripe vs. Grippe — What's the Difference?

(Informal) To complain naggingly or petulantly; grumble.

See influenza.

To have sharp pains in the bowels.

Influenza, the flu.

(Informal) To irritate; annoy

The influenza or epidemic catarrh.

To cause sharp pain in the bowels of.

An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease

To grasp; seize.

To oppress or afflict.

(Informal) A complaint.

Gripes Sharp, spasmodic pains in the bowels.

A firm hold; a grasp.

A grip; a handle.

To complain; to whine.

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.

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.

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

To seize or grasp.

A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.

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

(obsolete) Grasp; clutch; grip.

(obsolete) That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.

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

(obsolete) Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.

Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.

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

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

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

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.

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.

To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.

To suffer griping pains.

To complain

To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.

Informal terms for objecting;

Complain;