gripple

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪpəl/ Rhymes: -ɪpəl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English gripel, from Old English gripol, gripul (“able to grasp much; capacious”); equivalent to grip +‎ -le. ==== Alternative forms ==== grippal, griple grippill (Scotland) ==== Adjective ==== gripple (comparative more gripple, superlative most gripple) (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Griping; tenacious; gripping. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Grasping; greedy; snatchy; mean; niggardly; avaricious, covetous. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Sprained. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== gripple (plural gripples) A ditch; a drain. === Etymology 3 === From grip +‎ -le. ==== Noun ==== gripple (plural gripples) (obsolete, rare) A hook. (obsolete, rare) A grasp; a grip. === Etymology 4 === From grip +‎ -le (frequentative suffix). ==== Verb ==== gripple (third-person singular simple present gripples, present participle grippling, simple past and past participle grippled) (obsolete, transitive, rare, Scotland) To grasp or grab. === References === “gripple”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.