Meaning

• A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.

• A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.

• Grasp; clutch; grip

• That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.

  "the gripe of a sword"

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

• Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.

  "the gripe of poverty"

• (chiefly in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.

• The piece of timber that 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.

• A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.

Meaning

• To complain; to whine.

• To annoy or bother.

  "What's griping you?"

• 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.

• To suffer griping pains.

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

• To seize or grasp.