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gripe

VI บ่น ไม่ หยุด (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  บ่นว่า  ไม่พอใจ  ขุ่นเคือง  รำคาญ  complain criticize grumble bon-mai-yud

 

gripe

VI ปวด แน่นท้อง (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  puad-naen-tong

 

gripe

VT ทำให้ ปวด แน่นท้อง (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  tam-hai-puad-naen-tong

 

gripe about

PHRV บ่น เกี่ยวกับ  ตำหนิ เกี่ยวกับ  gripe at complain about bon-kiao-kab

 

gripe at

PHRV บ่น เกี่ยวกับ  ตำหนิ เกี่ยวกับ  gripe about complain about bon-kiao-kab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRIPE

v.t.[L. rapio.] 1. To seize; to grasp; to catch with the hand, and to clasp closely with the fingers.
2. To hold fast; to hold with the fingers closely pressed.
3. To seize and hold fast in the arms; to embrace closely.
4. To close the fingers; to clutch.
5. To pinch; to press; to compress.
6. To give pain to the bowels, as if by pressure or contraction.
7. To pinch; to straiten; to distress; as griping poverty.

 

GRIPE

v.i.To seize or catch by pinching; to get money by hard bargains or mean exactions; as a griping miser. 1. To feel the colic.
2. To lie too close to the wind, as a ship.

 

GRIPE

n.Grasp; seizure; fast hold with the hand or paw, or with the arms. 1. Squeeze; pressure.
2. Oppression; cruel exactions.
3. Affliction; pinching distress; as the gripe of poverty.
4. In seamen's language, the fore-foot or piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore-end.
5. Gripes, in the plural, distress of the bowels; colic.
6. Gripes, in seamen's language, an assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes and hooks, fastened to ring-bolts in the deck to secure the boats.

 

GRIPER

n.One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GRIPE

Gripe, n. Etym: [See Grype. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A vulture; the griffin. [Obs. ] Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws. Shak. Gripe's egg, an alchemist's vessel. [Obs. ] E. Jonson.

 

GRIPE

Gripe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Griped; p. pr. & vb. n. Griping. ] Etym: [AS. gripan; akin to D. grijpen, G. greifen, OHG. gr, Icel. gripa, Sw. gripe, Dan. gribe, Goth. greipan; cf. Lith. graibyti, Russ. grabite to plunder, Skr. grah, grabh, to seize. Cf. Grip, v. t., Grope. ]

 

1. To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.

 

2. To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely. Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure Robynson (More's Utopia ).

 

3. 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. How inly sorrow gripes his soul. Shak.

 

GRIPE

GRIPE Gripe, v. i.

 

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

 

2. To suffer griping pains. Jocke.

 

3. (Naut. )

 

Defn: To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm. R. H. Dana, Jr.

 

GRIPE

GRIPE Gripe, n.

 

1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch. A barren scepter in my gripe. Shak.

 

2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.

 

3. (Mech. )

 

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

 

4. Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.

 

5. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.

 

6. (Naut. ) (a ) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot. (b ) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind. (c ) pl.

 

Defn: 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. Gripe penny, a miser; a niggard. D. L. Mackenzie.

 

GRIPEFUL

GRIPEFUL Gripe "ful, a.

 

Defn: Disposed to gripe; extortionate.

 

GRIPER

GRIPER Grip "er, a.

 

Defn: One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner. Burton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gripe

gripe |grīp ɡraɪp | verb 1 [ reporting verb ] informal express a complaint or grumble about something, esp. something trivial: [ no obj. ] : they gripe about the busywork | [ with direct speech ] : Holidays make no difference to Simon,Pat griped. 2 [ with obj. ] affect with gastric or intestinal pain: it gripes my belly like a green apple | (as adj. griping ) : then the griping pains started. 3 [ with obj. ] archaic grasp tightly; clutch: Hilyard griped his dagger. 4 [ with obj. ] Nautical secure (a boat ) with gripes. 5 [ no obj. ] Sailing (of a ship ) turn to face the wind in spite of the helm. noun 1 informal a complaint, esp. a trivial one: his biggest gripe is that he has lost his sense of privacy. 2 (usu. gripes ) gastric or intestinal pain; colic. 3 archaic an act of grasping tightly. 4 (gripes ) Nautical lashings securing a boat in its place on deck or in davits. DERIVATIVES grip er noun ORIGIN Old English grīpan grasp, clutch, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grijpen, German greifen seize, also to grip and grope. Sense 2 of the verb dates from the 17th cent. ; sense 1 of the verb, of US origin, dates from the 1930s.

 

gripe water

gripe water noun [ mass noun ] Brit. trademark a solution given to babies for the relief of colic, wind, and indigestion.

 

Oxford Dictionary

gripe

gripe |grʌɪp | verb 1 [ no obj. ] informal complain about something in a persistent, irritating way: it's no use griping about your boss or your pay | [ with direct speech ] : Holidays make no difference to Simon,Pat griped. 2 [ with obj. ] (usu. as adj. griping ) affect with gastric or intestinal pain: spasmodic griping pains. 3 [ with obj. ] archaic grasp tightly; clutch: Hilyard griped his dagger. 4 [ with obj. ] Nautical secure (a boat ) with gripes. 5 [ no obj. ] Sailing (of a ship ) turn to face the wind despite the efforts of the helmsman. noun 1 informal a minor complaint: my only gripe is the size of the page numbers. 2 [ mass noun ] gastric or intestinal pain; colic. 3 archaic an act of grasping something tightly. 4 (gripes ) Nautical lashings securing a boat in its place on deck or in davits. DERIVATIVES griper noun ORIGIN Old English grīpan grasp, clutch , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grijpen, German greifen seize , also to grip and grope. Sense 2 of the verb dates from the 17th cent. ; sense 1 of the verb, of US origin, dates from the 1930s.

 

gripe water

gripe water noun [ mass noun ] Brit. trademark a solution given to babies for the relief of colic, wind, and indigestion.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gripe informal

gripe informal verb he's always griping about something: complain, grumble, grouse, protest, whine, bleat; informal moan, bellyache, beef, bitch, kvetch; Brit. whinge, kvetch. noun employees' gripes: complaint, grumble, grouse, grievance, objection; cavil, quibble, niggle; informal moan, beef, kvetch; Brit. whinge.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gripe informal

gripe informal verb he was griping about the boss. See complain. noun my only gripe is that the game is a little too easy. See complaint (sense 1 ).

 

Spanish Dictionary

gripe

gripe nombre femenino Enfermedad infecciosa, aguda y contagiosa, causada por un virus, que ataca a las vías respiratorias y produce fiebre, dolor de cabeza y una sensación de malestar general :vacunarse contra la gripe .SINÓNIMO gripa .gripe aviar o gripe aviaria Enfermedad infecciosa de las aves, de origen vírico y altamente mortal :la gripe aviar puede transmitirse de aves a mamíferos .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xix ) del francés grippe y este probablemente del suizo-alemán grüpi, derivado de grûpe (n ) ‘agacharse, acurrucarse ’, ‘temblar de frío ’, por ser síntomas de la enfermedad .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gripe

gripe /ɡraɪp / (!⦅くだけて ⦆) 動詞 自動詞 «…について /人に » (だらだらと )文句をたれる (complain ) «about /to » .他動詞 1 that節 〗〈人 〉に …と不満をたれる .2 〈腹 〉をきりきり痛ませる .名詞 C 1 不平, 不満 (の種 [原因 ]).2 ⦅やや古 ⦆the s; 複数扱い 〗急性の腹痛 .~́ w ter 腹痛止めの小児用水薬 .