[ɡrʌɪp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- complain about something in a persistent, irritating way
(e.g: it's no use griping about your boss or your pay)

- grasp tightly; clutch
(e.g: Hilyard griped his dagger)

- secure (a boat) with gripes

- (of a ship) turn to face the wind despite the efforts of the helmsman


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English grīpan ‘grasp, clutch’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grijpen, German greifen ‘seize’, also to grip and grope; gripe, of US origin, dates from the 1930s

[ɡrʌɪp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a minor complaint
(e.g: my only gripe is the size of the page numbers)

- gastric or intestinal pain; colic
(e.g: if your baby has gripe or is teething, we have the medication to help them)

- an act of grasping something tightly
(e.g: he seized me by the arms with a rude gripe)

- lashings securing a boat in its place on deck or in davits


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English grīpan ‘grasp, clutch’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grijpen, German greifen ‘seize’, also to grip and grope; gripe, of US origin, dates from the 1930s