Clues for the word "GRIPE"
We've had 34 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 118 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on December 07, 2025.
Definition of gripe
- n. - A vulture; the griffin.
- v. t. - To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
- v. t. - To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. i. - To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
- v. i. - To suffer griping pains.
- v. i. - To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.
- n. - Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
- n. - That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.
- n. - A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
- n. - Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
- n. - Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
- n. - The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
- n. - The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
- n. - 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.
Referring Clues
- Kick
- Bellyache
- Bone to pick
- Beef
- Complain
- Be crabby
- Raise a stink
- Show dissatisfaction
- Grouse
- Many a letter to the editor
- Act curmudgeonly
- Kvetch
- Complaint
- Be a fussbudget
- Express complaints
- Moan and groan
- Carp
- Betray crabbiness
- Betray crabbiness
- Complaint department item
- Curmudgeonly comment
- Squawk
- Find fault
- Grumble
- Studio assistant beginning to eat beef
- Moan entrance fee's back
- Complain at having to hold the key?
- Kvetch and grumble
- Moan
- Complaint of an irrational prig at the back of the queue
- Curmudgeon's comment
- Letter to the editor, often
- Complain of a broken-down pier at Gateshead
- Complain at having to hold the key?
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - December 07, 2025
- Daily American - August 10, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 16, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 09, 2024
- LA Times - November 14, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 09, 2024
- Daily Quick - September 25, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 23, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 16, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 27, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 26, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 19, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 23, 2023
- Daily American - August 10, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - July 19, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - February 07, 2023
- New York Times - December 26, 2022
- Daily Quick - September 25, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 08, 2022
- New York Times - March 24, 2022
- LA Times - January 24, 2018
- LA Times - November 21, 2017
- Netword - November 02, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 06, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - September 19, 2017
- And in 88 more crossword puzzles...