gripple

Meanings

Adjective

• Griping; tenacious; gripping.
• Grasping; greedy; snatchy; mean; niggardly; avaricious, covetous.
• Sprained.

Noun

• A ditch; a drain.
• A hook.
• A grasp; a grip.

Verb

• To grasp.

Origin

• From Middle English gripel, from Old English gripol, gripul; equivalent to grip + -le.
• From Middle English gryppel, from Old English *gripel, *grēpel, diminutive of Old English grep, grēpe, equivalent to grip + -le. Cognate with German Low German Grüppel ("ditch").
• From grip + -le.
• From grip + -le.