Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Griping; tenacious; gripping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
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adj
Grasping; greedy; snatchy; mean; niggardly; avaricious, covetous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
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adj
Sprained.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal
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noun
A ditch; a drain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A hook.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
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noun
A grasp; a grip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
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verb
To grasp or grab.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, obsolete, rare, transitive
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History
From Middle English gripel, from Old English gripol, gripul (“able to grasp much; capacious”); equivalent to grip + -le.
From Middle English gryppel, from Old English *gripel, *grēpel, diminutive of Old English grep, grēpe (“furrow, ditch, drain”), equivalent to grip + -le (diminutive suffix). Cognate with German Low German Grüppel (“ditch”).
From grip + -le.
From grip + -le (frequentative suffix).
